Types Of Spiders With Pictures & Facts: Main Spider Groups
Examples of different types of spiders, with examples and pictures of each. Discover the characteristics of the main spider groups, and learn how to identify types of spiders such as tarantulas, funnel-web spiders, orb-weavers, jumping spiders and more.
Spiders
Spiders are arachnids belonging to the order Araneae. There are around 50,000 described species of spiders.
…At the time of writing (Oct 23), the Catalogue of Life lists 49,712 spider species (source) and the World Spider Catalogue lists 51,480 species (source)