Spiders by color

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Identifying spiders by color is a strategy that can be helpful for the exception to the characteristic dull earth colors of most spiders. Here are spiders grouped by their predominating colors:

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[edit] Spiders with red coloration

Oxyopes sertatus

Chiracanthium inclusum(?)

Araneus marmoreus

Sac spider (Aysha velox)

long-jawed Orb weaver

Nephila sp.

Nephila inaurata

Metellina mengei

Metellina species

[edit] Family Agelenidae

[edit] Spiders with prominent green coloration

Avicularia versicolor, 10 months, female

Avicularia versicolor, adult, female

Leucauge venusta, a small orb web weaver

Araniella cucurbitina

Phidippus audax The fangs are irridescent green.

Paraphidippus aurantius

Micrommata virescens, a small Huntrman spider found in Euroe

Diaea dorsata

Peucetia viridana (Stoliczka, 1869) (family Oxyopidae), a Lynx spider from India

[edit] Spiders with prominent red coloration

Latrodectus mactans

Possibly a "small Araneus" species that builds its web in tree crowns. It is about 4 mm. long. This spider was collected in central North Carolina, USA.

From India Appears to be a member of the genus Gnaphosidae.

Sphodros rufipes (Atypical tarantulas)

Araneus alsine

Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)

Female Phidippus johnsani (?) 14 mm.

Phidippus whitmani(?)

Diaea dorsata