Texas Entomology. Insects - Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) Colorado State University Extension - Insect Resources. Entomology at Texas A&M University - Home. Welcome to The Wonderful World of Insects. Texas Spiders. Texas Spider Encounters * TERMITE ENCOUNTERS * SNAKE ENCOUNTERS * SNAKE BITE FIRST AID * SNAKE EXCLUSION * SPIDER ENCOUNTERS FOR 2009 -- 2008 -- 2007 * SPIDER BITE FIRST AID * SPIDER EXTERMINATION * PUSS CATERPILLAR ENCOUNTERS * PUSS CATERPILLAR FIRST AID * PUSS CATERPILLAR EXTERMINATION * Assembled & Edited by Jerry Cates. Questions? Corrections? Comments? B. This and the pages that follow provide basic technical and anecdotal information on spiders encountered in Texas, as well as in the United States at large, and--for spiders of unusual medical importance--throughout the world.
If you send photos via email attachment, please attach the highest resolution images available. In order to reply to emails about spiders quickly, my replies are often terse and pithy, rather than long and detailed. No doubt some of the "identifications" provided here are in error. Two lists of species presently included (photos and text) on this site follow: I. 2006.
Temple, Texas--2003.