There are a wide variety of spiders in British Columbia. These include the crab spiders that camouflage themselves like flowers, the orb weavers whose webs look beautiful when dew or frost falls on them, or the deadly black widows whose venom is the most potent of all the species seen in the province.
Common Spiders: Sand Bear Wolf Spider, Sierra Dome Spider, Common Crab Spider
Biggest Spider: Hobo Spider
Dangerous Spiders: Western Black Widow Spider
Most Venomous
Comb-footed Spiders
Funnel Weaver Spiders
Less Venomous
Orb-weaver Spiders
Wolf Spiders
- Sand Bear Wolf Spider (Arctosa perita)
Woodlouse Hunter Spiders
Crab Spiders
- Common Crab Spider (Xysticus cristatus)
- Utah Crab Spider (Bassaniana utahensis)
- Golden-rod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
Funnel Weaver Spiders
Sheetweb Spiders
- Sierra Dome Spider (Neriene litigiosa)
Comb-footed Spiders
Running Crab Spiders
- Cricket Thief Spider (Thanatus vulgaris)
Long-jawed Orb-weaver Spiders
- Cave Orb-weaver Spider (Meta ovalis)
- Silver Long-jawed Orb-weaver Spider (Tetragnatha laboriosa)
Jumping Spider