List of arachnids of the Indiana Dunes
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The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
is a National Park Service
unit on the shore of Lake Michigan
in Indiana
, USA. A BioBlitz
took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary listing of the arachnids of the area.
Spider
s: Araneae
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a U.S. National Lakeshore located in northwest Indiana and managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966. The national lakeshore runs for nearly along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, from Gary, Indiana, on the west to Michigan...
is a National Park Service
National Park Service
The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
unit on the shore of Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
in Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, USA. A BioBlitz
BioBlitz
A BioBlitz, also written without capitals bioblitz, is an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. Groups of scientists, naturalists and volunteers conduct an intensive field study over a short, usually 24 hour, time...
took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary listing of the arachnids of the area.
List of arachnid species
Acari- Ixodes dammini - deer tick
Spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s: Araneae
- Dysdera crocata - woodlouse spider
- Leiobunum vittatum - harvestman
- PardosaPardosaPardosa is a large genus of wolf spiders, with more than 500 described species that are found in all regions of the world.-References: : , version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History....
- wolf spiderWolf spiderWolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, from the Ancient Greek word "" meaning "wolf". They are robust and agile hunters with good eyesight. They live mostly solitary lives and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short... - Pholcidae - granddaddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legger, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider
- Pisauridae - nursery web spider
- Salticidae - jumping spider
- Sparassidae - huntsman spider or giant crab spider
- Tetragnathidae - long-jawed orb weaver
- TheridiidaeTheridiidaeTheridiidae is a large family of spiders, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders. The diverse family includes over 2200 species in over 100 genera) of three-dimensional space-web-builders found throughout the world...
- tangle web spider