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- Arachnid-Spiders & Scorpions
- Coleoptera-Beetles
- Collembola-Springtails
- Diptera-Flies
- Ephemeroptera
- Hemiptera-True Bugs, Aphids, Cicadas
- Hymenoptera-Ants, Bees, Horntails, Wasps
- Lepidoptera-Moths & Butterflies
- Mantodae-Praying Mantids
- Odonata-Dragonflies & Damselflies
- Orthoptera-Grasshoppers, Katydids, & Crickets
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<td class="column-1"><strong>Araenidae</strong><br />
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<em>Araneus gemmoides</em><br />
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Cat faced spider</td><td class="column-2">These cat faced spiders are very visible in the fall. They are in the orb-weaver family. <br />
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<a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/Cat-FacedSpiderOct16.pdf" target="_blank">Colorado Insects of Interest Sheet-Cat-Faced Spiders</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/SpiderFood-1.jpg" target="_blank"><div id="attachment_142" style="width: 160px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-142" src="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/SpiderFood-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-142" /><p id="caption-attachment-142" class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Tami Mattics.</p></div></a></td>
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<td class="column-1"><strong>Solifugae</strong><br />
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Solpugid<br />
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Windscorpion</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"><a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/SolpugidGenusSp.Unknown.23Oct07.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/SolpugidGenusSp.Unknown.23Oct07-150x150.jpg" alt="Windscorpion" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-158" /></a></td>
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<td class="column-1"><strong>Theridiidae</strong><br />
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<em>Lactrodectrus mactans</em><br />
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Western Widow Spider</td><td class="column-2">Western widow are common inhabitants of western Colorado. <br />
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<a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/WesternWidowSpiderCSUFactSheet5.605.pdf">Colorado State University Fact Sheet-Western Widow Spider</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/BlackWidow.jpg" target="_blank"><div id="attachment_148" style="width: 160px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-148" src="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/BlackWidow-150x150.jpg" alt="Western Widow Spider" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-148" /><p id="caption-attachment-148" class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Tami Mattics</p></div></a></td>
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<td class="column-1"><strong>Thomisidae</strong><br />
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Crab spider</td><td class="column-2">Crab spiders are common in western Colorado. They can be recognized by their long front 2 pair of legs. </td><td class="column-3"><a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/Spider2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/Spider2-150x150.jpg" alt="Crab Spider" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-160" /></a></td>
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<td class="column-1"><strong>Vaejovidae</strong><br />
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<em>Paruroctonus boreus</em><br />
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Northern scorpion</td><td class="column-2">The northern scorpion is common in desert areas across western Colorado. This one was photographed on East Orchard Mesa near Grand Junction. </td><td class="column-3"><a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/scorpion-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/scorpion-1-150x150.jpg" alt="Northern Scorpion" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-157" /></a></td>
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<td class="column-1"><strong>Dysdera</strong><br />
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<em>Dysdera crocata</em><br />
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Wood Louse Hunter<br />
“Roly-poly Hunter”</td><td class="column-2">This smooth bodied spider is perhaps best distinguished by its large fangs which it uses to feed on pillbugs (roly-polies) and other hard-bodied prey. When full grown they are about .5 inch in length. Dysdera have a generally creamy gray body with distinctly reddish legs and cephalothorax. They live in a silk retreat and hunt at night. Their bite can be painful but they are not aggressive and their venom is not known to cause medical problems.<br />
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<a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/Dysdera.crocata.pdf" target="_blank">Colorado Insects of Interest Fact Sheet-Roly-Poly Killer</a></td><td class="column-3"><a href="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/Spider1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://wci.extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/03/Spider1-150x150.jpg" alt="Roly-poly killer" width="150" height="150" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-159" /></a></td>
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