Spiders

Ant Mimic Spider

Synemosyna species

Ant Mimic Spider

Peckhamia species
Note how this spider raises its second pair of legs, presumably mimicking ant antennae.

Bicolor-ant-mimic Jumping Spider

Myrmarachne melanocephala

Southern Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans
Males are much smaller than females.

Northern Black Widow

Latrodectus variolus

Wolf Spider

Arrowhead Orbweaver

Verrucosa arenata
This one seems to have captured some kind of sawfly.

Hentzia species

Hentzia species

Dark Fishing Spider

Dolomedes tenebrosus
Like water striders, fishing spiders are able to float on the water's surface using water tension. They hunt along the edges of bodies of water, capturing prey that is trapped on the surface. While this species tends to be more arboreal and less dependent on aquatic habitats, this individual was found only a few feet from the riverside.

Orchard Orbweaver

Leucauge venusta

Wolf Spider

This spider is carrying a group of spiderlings.

Sergiolus capulatus

Sergiolus capulatus

Magnolia Green Jumper

Lyssomanes viridis

Marbled Orbweaver

Araneus marmoreus

Adanson's House Jumper

Hasarius adansoni

Long-jawed Orbweaver

Tetragnatha species

Jumping Spider

Arrow-shaped Micrathena

Micrathena sagittata

Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver

Neoscona domiciliorum

Furrow Orbweaver

Larinioides cornutus

Signature Spider

Argiope anasuja

Joro Spider

Trichonephila clavata
Very common in Nepal.

Jumping Spider

Grey Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus

Whitebanded Crab Spider

Misumenoides formosipes
They exibit a wide variety of colorations with females being mostly white or yellow while males are a darker orange and green with dark legs.

Bold Jumper

Phidippus audax

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