page_title: List of fauna of Utah
section_title: Arachnids
hierarchical_section_title: List of fauna of Utah / Invertebrates / Arachnids
caption_attribution_description: Latrodectus hesperus in web at night, desert wash habitat
context_page_description: This is a list of fauna observed in the U.S. state of Utah.
context_section_description: American grass spider (Agelenopsis spp.)
  American yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum)
  Ant spider (Micaria pasadena)
  Ant spider (Micaria rossica)
  Antmimic spider (Meriola decepta )
  Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides exilicauda)
  Banded orb weaving spider (Argiope trifasciata)
  Bindweed gall mite (Aceria malherbae)
  Black hairy scorpion (Hadrurus spadix)
  Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax)
  Camel spider (Eremobates spp.)
  Carolina wolf spider (Hogna carolinensis)
  Cat-faced spider (Araneus gemmoides)
  Cellar spiders (Pholcus phalangioides) - also called "daddy long-legs"
  Clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa)
  Crab spider (Bassaniana utahensis)
  Crab spider (Ebo pepinensis)
  Crab spider (Mecaphesa spp.)
  Crab spider (Xysticus discursans)
  Crab spider (Xysticus emertoni)
  Crab spider (Xysticus pellax )
  Eastern parson spider (Herpyllus ecclesiasticus)
  False black widow (Steatoda grossa)
  Flattened crab spider (Philodromus histrio)
  Flattened crab spider (Philodromus imbecillus)
  Flattened crab spider (Philodromus spectabilis)
  Giant desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
  Ground spider (Cesonia gertschi)
  Ground spider (Drassodes spp.)
  Ground spider (Drassyllus lepidus)
  Ground spider (Gnaphosa sericata)
  Ground spider (Herpyllus cockerelli)
  Hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis)
  Huntsman spider (Olios giganteus)
  Jumping spider (Habronattus conjunctus)
  Jumping spider (Habronattus signatus)
  Jumping spider (Habronattus tarsalis)
  Jumping spider (Platycryptus arizonensis)
  Jumping spider (Salticus peckhamae)
  Northern scorpion (Paruroctonus boreus)
  Pseudoscorpion (various)
  Red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) - also called "two-spotted spider mite"
  Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
  Sac spider (Phrurotimpus borealis)
  Salt Lake County brown tarantula (Aphonopelma iodius)
  Slender crab spider (Tibellus chamberlini)
  Slender crab spider (Tibellus duttoni)
  Soft-bodied tick (Ornithodoros spp.) - suspected due to confirmation in all surrounding states, not confirmed in Utah
  Spinose ear tick (Otobius megnini)
  Spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis)
  Striped lynx spider (Oxyopes scalaris)
  Tomato russet mite (Aculops lycopersici)
  Utah crevice weaver (Kukulcania utahana)
  Western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus)
  White-banded crab spider (Misumenoides formosipes)
  Wolf spider (Hogna spp.)
  Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata)
caption: Western black widow spider
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