Spider Families - N to Z
Family Oecobiidae
A female Oecobius cf navus, one of a number found on cobbled median strip on the grounds of Emirates Towers.
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A star-web, characteristic of Oecobius navus, from Emirates Towers.
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Oecobius cf navus, a tiny male found in the World Trade Centre Apartments, Dubai.
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Family Oxyopidae
Probable male of Peucetia virescensa, from Hajar Mountain front at Shawkah, Ra's Al-Khaimah.
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Female of Peucetia virescens, perched in a dwarf shrub in Wadi Asimah.
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Oxyopes sp, perched among dense reeds growing in an irrigation channel at Ruwayah plantation, Dubai.
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A striped, Oxyopes cf lineatus, from Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai.
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Female of Peucetia virescens, from gravel outwash plains along west flank of the Hajar Mountains in the Mahdhah area of Northern Oman.
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Peucetia cf arabica
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Peucetia cf arabica
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Peucetia virescens female
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Peucetia cf arabica
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Oxyopes cf badhyzicus, very pale individual from the base of the west flank of Jebel Hafit.
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Peucetia cf arabica
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Family Palpimanidae
Family Philodromidae
Philodromus gen sp, an active hunter by night in a mountain front Wadi.
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Thanatus gen sp, a female on a gravel terrace in Wadi Sfai.
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Tibellus gen sp, a male grass runner observed by night on a low shrub in Dubai's Creekside Park.
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Unidentified philodromidae from Ras Al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, Dubai.
Rhysodromus cf hierosolymitanus
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Family Pholcidae
Micropholcis cf fauroti, a small, pale, leaf-dwelling Daddy long-legs found on the landscaped grounds of Emirates Towers, Dubai.
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Female Artema doriai carries her spherical egg sac in her jaws.
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cf Physocyclus globosus, profile view of the female with eggs.
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Artema doriai large daddy long-legs species one of the most common spiders in the mountain wadi environment of the UAE.
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cf Crossopriza lyoni from Khor Hulaylah, Ra's Al-Khaimah.
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Crossopriza lyoni, posterior-ventral view among the construction debris beside Khor Hulaylah, Ra's Al-Khaimah.
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Web of Artema doriai is an irregular three-dimensional tangle built in caves, hollows or passages among bedrock outcrops or boulders.
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cf Physocyclus globosus, female with eggs in her jaw from Urban Deira, Dubai.
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Family Pisauridae
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Dolomedes sp, found by night beside permanent water above the waterfall in Wadi Wurayah National Park.
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Family Salticidae
Evarcha seyun, male.
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Evarcha seyun, female showing the distinctive dark, circular, posterior mark.
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Menemerus marginatus
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Male Thyene imperialis at Khor Fakkan.
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A female Rafalus arabicus, in Wadi Wurayah National Park.
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Unidentified salticid species.
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Salticidae gen sp, unidentified salticid species.
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Unidentified salticid species.
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Female Thyene imperialis on a lime tree in Jimi Oasis, Al Ain.
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Langona pallida, dorsal view of the male.
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Langona pallida, a close-up of the male, showing the dark-fronted palps.
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Female unidentified salticid species from Wadi Wurayah National Park, Fujairah.
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Plexippus paykulli, male on a tree at Khor Fakkan, Sharjah.
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A female Plexippus paykulli at Madinat Jumeirah.
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A close-up view of male Rafalus arabicus.
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Rafalus arabicus female
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Female Rafalus arabicus from Sal Dhayah in the western Ru'us al-Jibal.
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Pseudicius fayda, hunting by night in a ghaf tree at Mushrif Park, Dubai.
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Evarcha genus
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Unidentified salticid species, found by day on a vehicle windshield beside the mangrove forest at Khor Zawra, Ajman.
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Menemerus marginatus, oblique view of a male on a ghaf tree at Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve.
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Unidentified salticid female species.
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Unidentified salticid species from the grounds of Madinat Jumeirah, Resort, Dubai.
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Langona pallida male may be conspicuous in some field contexts.
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Evarcha seyun, juvenile female.
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Pellenes hedjazicus, anterio-dorsal view of a male in vitro.
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Unidentified salticid female from Wadi Lakayyam in the south-eastern Ru'us al-Jibal.
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Evarcha seyun, make showing the "bull's eye" pattern on the carapace.
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Heliophanillus fulgens, preserved female from the grounds of Emirates Towers, Dubai.
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Menemerus marginatus, dorsal view of a male at Khor Fakkan, Sharjah.
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A male Plexippus paykulli, on a ghaf tree at Dubai's Creekside park, displaying cryptic variation of the normal colouration.
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Female Rafalus arabicus from Sal Dhayah in the western Ru'us al-Jibal.
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Salticidae gen sp, unidentified male salticid species found at Emirates Towers, Dubai.
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Unidentified salticid species called the Black Jumper from Lahbab, Dubai-Sharjah border.
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Pellenes geniculatus from Wadi Wurrayah National Park
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Pellenes geniculatus from Wadi Wurrayah National Park
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Pellenes geniculatus from Wadi Wurrayah National Park
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Afraflacilla braunsi from Al Wathba Wetlands, Abu Dhabi
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Pseudomogrus cf logunovi
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Family Scytodidae
A dark spitting spider Dictis striatipes , photographed near shorline of Abu Dhabi.
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Scytodes kumonga from Wadi Wurayah National Park, Fujairah.
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Family Sicariidae
Loxosceles cf. rufescens from Al Qouz 1
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Family Sparassidae
Olios iranii female from Sharjah
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Olios iranii male from Al Noor Island Sharjah
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, a male photographed in a mountain front wadi.
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, male at Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai.
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, a female at Ruwais, near the coastline in western Abu Dhabi.
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, a male photographed showing a possible abandoned trap-door.
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Cebrennus gen sp, two adjacent open burrows at the bottom appear to have incomplete.
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The cast of a burrow believed to be the sand doweling spider, Cebrennus gen sp, from East Liwa.
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, from Eastern desert of Abu Dhabi.
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A suspected individual of Eusparassus arabicus from Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, a very pale specimen photographed by day at Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai.
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Another view of Eusparassus laevatus feeding on moth caterpillar.
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Eusparassus laevatus by night on a stone wall in Wadi Shawkah.
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Eusparassus xerxes sheltering by day in the hollow wadi wall made of cemented gravel.
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Eusparassus xerxes, the "Wadi Lion", on a wadi wall of cemented gravel, at Wadi Wurayah National Park, Fujairah.
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Silken retreat of Eusparassus xerxes beneath an overturned stone on a gravel terrace near Masafi.
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Eusparassus xerxes, photographed near Ras al-Hadd, Oman.
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis
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A probable Eusparassus perezi, female from Khor Kalba, Sharjah.
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Eusparassus laevatus feeding on a caterpillar of Striped Hawkmoth.
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Olios cf iranii, a male hunting in reeds of Ruwayah plantation, Dubai.
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Olios cf iranii a female hunting in reeds of Ruwayah plantation, Dubai.
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Black face and jaws of Olios cf iranii distinguish it from other UAE sparassids,
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Cebrennus cf castaneitarsis, a male photographed shown with the crescent opening of a trap-door.
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Cebrennus gen sp, female hunting by night in a shrub at Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai.
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Captive specimen of Eusparassus xerxes showing the diagnostic marking in the ventral surface of the abdomen.
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Frontal view of Eusparassus xerxes, photographed near Ras al-Hadd, Oman.
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Family Tetragnathidae
Tetragnatha cf extensa, dorsal view of female from Wadi Wurayah waterfall, Fujairah.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, dorsal view of a female from Wadi Hayl, Fujairah.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, a female from Wadi-al-Khudhra, Wilayat Mahdhah, Oman.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, ventral view of a male from Wadi Hayl, Fujairah.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, ventral view of a female from Wadi Wurayah waterfall, Fujairah.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, dorsal view of a female from Wadi Hayl, Fujairah.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, Dorsal view of a female from Khor Hulaylah mangroves, Ra's al-Khaimah.
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Tetragnatha cf extensa, ventral view of a female from Khor Hulaylah mangroves, Ra's al-Khaimah.
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Family Theridiidae
Male of Latrodectus cf cinctus, from Wadi Wurayah National Park, Fujairah.
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A female UAE Redback Latrodectus cf cinctus, showing the red marking on the abdomen typical of UAE specimens.
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Latrodectus dahli has been recorded from diverse environments in the Northern Emirates.
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A redback nest in a hollow near the base of a tree.
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An immature female Steatoda cf maura in her web from steep Hajar Mountain wadi.
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Unidentified Theridiid from Mushrif Park, Dubai.
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Unidentified Theridiid from Mushrif Park, Dubai.
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Latrodectus cf dahli, dorsal view of the specimen, in vitro.
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Steatoda cf triangulosa, dorsal view of a female in Wadi Wurayah National Park, Fujairah.
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Latrodectus renivulvatus from Al Noor Island, Sharjah
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Latrodectus renivulvatus from Al Noor Island, Sharjah
Male of Latrodectus gen sp from the Gulf of Oman.
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A female Latrodectus, from saltbushes on the coast nort-east of Ajman.
Steatoda cf triangulosa
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Web of Steatoda cf maura.
Asagena phalerata
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Family Thomisidae
Possible Thomisus spectabilis, female from Ru'us al-Jibal.
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Thomisus cf onustus, with an orange face, from a wadi near Hatta.
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Possible Thomisus spectabilis in yellow color, from Ru'us al-Jibal
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Tmarus gen sp, dorsal view.
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Tmarus gen sp, feeding on an orange ant.
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Tmarus gen sp, a gross view illustrating the effectiveness of thorn mimicry.
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Thomisus cf onustus, dorsal view from Ruwayah plantation, Dubai.
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Thomisus cf onustus, from Ruwayah plantation, Dubai.
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Unidentified Thomisidae gen sp, in the field known as "Pumpkin Crab".
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Thomisus cf onustus, juvenile spider feeding on a fly from Shawkah, Dubai.
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Tmarus gen sp, mimics the thorns of Acacia tortilis and Ziziphus trees.
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Xysticus gen sp, ground-dwelling female is guarding her brood chamber, attached to a boulder.
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Xysticus gen sp, bark-dwelling female was observed by night in a hollow in a Ziziphus tree.
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Thomisus cf onustus, female with the nest.
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Tmarus gen sp, on a Ziziphus tree has trimmed its "thorn" to match its immediate surrounding.
Xysticus gen sp
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Xysticus gen sp
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Xysticus genus female
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Xysticus genus male
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Xysticus genus Male
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Family Uloboridae
Uloborus cf plumipes, suspended in its web built in a rock crevice.
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A partial orb-web, built by Uloborus cf plumipes on a ghaf tree in Mushrif Park, Dubai.
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Dorsal view of Uloborus cf plumipes female.
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Family Zodariidae
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