Spiders in Mississippi

Mississippi houses wide different kinds of spiders of varying shapes and sizes. Among the deadly spiders, the southern black widow and brown recluse dwell here.

Common spiders: Hentz Orb-weaver (Neoscona crucifera), Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans), Green Lynx (Peucetia viridans)

Largest spiders: Spiders of the Wolf (Lycosidae) family

Highly Venomous Spiders

Sicariidae

• Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)

Cobweb (Theridiidae)

• Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)

Less Venomous Spiders

Orb-Weaver (Araneidae)

• Furrow Orb-weaver (Larinioides cornutus)
• Orchard Orb-weaver (Leucauge venusta)
• Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver (Leucauge argyrobapta)
• Hentz Orb-weaver (Neoscona crucifera)
• Star-bellied Orb-weaver (Acanthepeira stellate)
• Yellow Garden (Argiope aurantia)

Nursery Web (Pisauridae)

• White-banded Fishing (Dolomedes albineus)

Jumping (Salticidae)

• Tan Jumping (Platycryptus undatus)
• Twin-flagged Jumping (Anasaitis canosa)
• Sylvana Jumping (Colonus sylvanus)
• Magnolia Green Jumper (Lyssomanes viridis)

Corinnidae

• Castianeira longipalpa

Wolf (Lycosidae)

• Gladicosa pulchra
• Sosippus mimus
• Tigrosa annexa
• Tigrosa georgicola

Crevice Weaver (Filistatidae)

• Southern House (Kukulcania hibernalis)

Pirate (Mimetidae)

• Mimetus puritanus

Spitting (Scytodidae)

• Scytodes longipes

Lynx (Oxyopidae)

• Green Lynx (Peucetia viridans)