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COMMON NAME: Tick
Class:Arachnida
Order:Acari
Family:Ixodidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Dermacentor
Species:.
Date:7/22/2006
Location:Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Patagonia, AZ
 Tick
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COMMON NAME: Tailless Whipscorpion
Class:Arachnida
Order:Amblypygi
Family:Tarantulidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:Phrynus mexicanus
Date:8/29/2000
Location:Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
 Tailless WhipscorpionTailless Whipscorpion
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COMMON NAME: Sun Spider, windspider, windscorpion
Class:Arachnida
Order:Solifugae
Family:Eremobatiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Eremobates
Species:.
Date:9/12/2002
Location:River/La Canada, Tucson, AZ
 Sun Spider
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COMMON NAME: Black and Yellow Argiope
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Araneidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:Argiope aurantia
Date:8/11/2000
Location:Vacaville, CA
 Black and Yellow Argiope
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COMMON NAME: Garden Spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Araneidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:8/2000
Location:Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
 Garden Spider
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COMMON NAME: Wolf Spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Lycosidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:Hogna carolinensis
Date:8/4/2001
Location:Greencastle, PA
 large spider
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COMMON NAME: Small green spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:8/4/2001
Location:Greencastle, PA
 small green spider on leaf
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COMMON NAME: Micrathena Spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Araneidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Micrathena
Species:.
Date:6/17/2001
Location:Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
 Micrathena spider
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COMMON NAME: Desert Tarantula, male
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Theraphosidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Aphonopelma
Species:Aphonopelma chalcodes
Date:8/10/2000
Location:Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
 Desert Tarantula, male
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COMMON NAME: Black Widow, female, catching prey
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Theridiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:Latrodectus
Species:Latrodectus hesperus
Date:7/5/2000
Location:Grants Pass, OR
 Black Widow with prey
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COMMON NAME: Small spider, female
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:9/2000
Location:Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ
 small spider
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COMMON NAME: Very small spider in a sheet/funnel web
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:9/2000
Location:Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
 Tiny spider in dewdrop web
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COMMON NAME: Patch Spider, makes small nests around doorframes and baseboards
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Oecobiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:8/2000
Location:Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ
 Tiny house spider
Comment:

COMMON NAME: Small spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:9/2000
Location:Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
 small spider
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COMMON NAME: Arizona Brown Spider attacking longhorn beetle
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:Sicariidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:Loxosceles arizonica
Date:9/2000
Location:Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
 Brown Spider
Comment: 1

COMMON NAME: Red spider mite, 90x mag., found on green pepper leaf
Class:Arachnida
Order:Acarina
Family:Tetranychidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:4/2001
Location:Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ
 Spider mite
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COMMON NAME: Spider mite
Class:Arachnida
Order:Acarina
Family:Tetranychidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:12/28/2002
Location:Kailua, Honolulu Co., HI
 spider mite
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COMMON NAME: Garden Spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:?/2003
Location:Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ
 spider
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COMMON NAME: Spider with soldier beetle
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:?/2003
Location:Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
 spider with soldier beetle
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COMMON NAME: Orb weaver spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:9/2/2002
Location:Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
 spider
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COMMON NAME: Daddy-long-legs
Class:Arachnida
Order:Opiliones
Family:Phalangiidae
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:9/29/2002
Location:Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ
 harvestman
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COMMON NAME: Trapdoor spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:.
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:10/20/2002
Location:Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
 trapdoor spider
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COMMON NAME: Funnelweb spider
Class:Arachnida
Order:.
Family:.
Sub-family:.
Genus:.
Species:.
Date:10/11/2003
Location:Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ
 funnelweb spider
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