Spiders in Tennessee

Tennessee is home to about 40 to 50 spiders, of which the northern, southern, and false black widow, as well as the brown recluse, are the deadliest.

Common Spiders: Common House (Parasteatoda tepidariorum), Orchard Orb-weaver (Leucauge venusta), Tan Jumping (Platycryptus undatus), Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)

Largest Spiders: Wolf (Lycosidae) and Fishing (Dolomedes) spiders

Highly Venomous Spiders

Cobweb (Theridiidae)

• Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)
• Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus)
• False Black Widow (Steatoda grossa)

Sicariidae

• Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)

Cheiracanthiidae

• Northern Yellow Sac (Cheiracanthium mildei)

Less Venomous Spiders

Orb-weaver (Araneidae)

• Giant Lichen Orb-weaver (Araneus bicentenarius)
• Spiny-backed Orb-weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
• Furrow Orb-weaver (Larinioides cornutus)
• Orchard Orb-weaver (Leucauge venusta)
• Hentz Orb-weaver (Neoscona crucifera)
• Arrow-shaped Micrathena (Micrathena sagittata)
• Yellow Garden (Argiope aurantia)
• Cyclosa turbinata

Jumping (Salticidae)

• Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)
• Tan Jumping (Platycryptus undatus)
• Canopy Jumping (Phidippus otiosus)
• Magnolia Green Jumper (Lyssomanes viridis)
• Metacyrba taeniola

Nursery Web (Pisauridae)

• Dark Fishing (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
• White-banded Fishing (Dolomedes albineus)
• Pisaurina dubia
• Phidippus whitmani
• Phidippus princeps

Cobweb (Theridiidae)

• Triangulate Cobweb (Steatoda triangulosa)
• Common House (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)

Wandering (Ctenidae)

• Southeastern Wandering (‎Anahita punctulata)

Halonoproctidae

• Ravine Trapdoor (Cyclocosmia truncata)

Ground (Gnaphosidae)

• Eastern Parson (Herpyllus ecclesiasticus)

Wolf (Lycosidae)

• Tiger Wolf (Tigrosa aspersa)
• Tigrosa georgicola
• Trochosa sepulchralis
• Tigrosa annexa

Crab (Thomisidae)

• White-banded Crab (Misumenoides formosipes)