Kentucky has about 50 spider species of which the brown recluse and black widow are the deadliest. The common families seen here include the purse web, orb-weavers, cellar, jumping, and fishing.
Common spiders: Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax ), Tiger Wolf (Tigrosa aspersa ), White-banded Crab (Misumenoides formosipes ), Dark Fishing (Dolomedes tenebrosus )
Largest spiders: Members of the Fishing (Dolomedes ) and Wolf (Lycosidae ) family
Spiders in Kentucky Identification Chart
Highly Venomous Spiders
Cobweb (Theridiidae)
Sicariidae
Less Venomous Spiders
Orb-weaver (Araneidae)
Jumping (Salticidae)
Nursery Web (Pisauridae)
Crab (Thomisidae)
Wandering (Ctenidae)
Cobweb (Theridiidae)
Tube-dwelling (Segestriidae)
Corinnidae
Castianeira amoenaCastianeira longipalpa Meriola decepta
Ground (Gnaphosidae)
Cesonia bilineata Sergiolus capulatus
Philodromid Crab (Philodromidae)
Wolf (Lycosidae)