Snakes and spiders in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area, Alaska
Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area has 0 snake and 34 spider species on record, from 0 licensed snake and 795 spider records. No venomous snake or spider reaches the county list.
What spiders are in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area?
In all, 34 spider species are on the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area list. The most recorded are the common west coast woodland spider (75), Sisicottus nesides (46) and Tenuiphantes zelatus (30). Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area holds more than half of all Alaska records of Grammonota subarctica.
Same family (Linyphiidae): Frontinella pyramitela
Same family (Linyphiidae): Frontinella pyramitela
| # | Species | Records | Share of Alaska records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common west coast woodland spider Cybaeus reticulatus | 75 | 6% |
| 2 | Sisicottus nesides | 46 | 9% |
| 3 | Tenuiphantes zelatus | 30 | 6% |
| 4 | Miller dwarf weaver Erigone aletris | 29 | 22% |
| 5 | Sisicottus panopeus | 28 | 21% |
| 6 | Morose woodland spider Cybaeus morosus | 22 | 23% |
| 7 | Pocadicnemis pumila | 21 | 6% |
| 8 | Dana sheet-web micro-weaver Microlinyphia dana | 20 | 19% |
| 9 | Pardosa dorsuncata | 20 | 8% |
| 10 | Robertus vigerens | 19 | 11% |
| 11 | Long-jawed orb weaver Tetragnatha laboriosa | 16 | 15% |
| 12 | Grammonota subarctica | 15 | 58% |
| 13 | Ceratinops inflatus | 14 | 2% |
| 14 | Common six-spotted cobweaver Rugathodes sexpunctatus | 14 | 3% |
| 15 | Shiny wolf spider Pardosa moesta | 13 | 6% |
| 16 | Versicolor long-jawed orbweaver Tetragnatha versicolor | 13 | 20% |
| 17 | Walckenaeria cornuella | 13 | 3% |
| 18 | Sixspotted orbweaver Araniella displicata | 11 | 13% |
| 19 | Trochosa terricola | 11 | 21% |
| 20 | Agyneta perspicua | 10 | 7% |
| 21 | Dirksia cinctipes | 10 | 14% |
| 22 | Metellina curtisi | 10 | 17% |
| 23 | Pirate otter spider Pirata piraticus | 10 | 19% |
| 24 | Callobius pictus | 9 | 11% |
| 25 | Mythoplastoides erectus | 7 | 27% |
| 26 | Ornamental orbweaver Larinioides patagiatus | 7 | 14% |
| 27 | Clubiona pacifica | 5 | 7% |
| 28 | Cybaeopsis wabritaska | 5 | 21% |
| 29 | Dictyna major | 5 | 10% |
| 30 | Nordmann's orbweaver spider Araneus nordmanni | 5 | 9% |
| 31 | Pimoa altioculata | 5 | 12% |
| 32 | Antistea brunnea | 4 | 14% |
| 33 | Pacific sector orbweaver Zygiella dispar | 3 | 7% |
| 34 | Cone-shaped orbweaver Cyclosa conica | 2 | 3% |
When are spiders out in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area?
Observation records of spiders in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area run mostly May through August, peaking in August with 43% of them, the same peak as Alaska as a whole.
What stands out in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area
Species for which Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area holds a large share of all Alaska records: Grammonota subarctica, 58% (15 of 26); the morose woodland spider, 23% (22 of 95); the Miller dwarf weaver, 22% (29 of 132); Trochosa terricola, 21% (11 of 52); Sisicottus panopeus, 21% (28 of 135); the versicolor long-jawed orbweaver, 20% (13 of 66); the pirate otter spider, 19% (10 of 52); the Dana sheet-web micro-weaver, 19% (20 of 107).
Common in Alaska, not on the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area list
Among the spiders most recorded across Alaska, these do not reach the county list: Symmigma minimum (398 statewide), Pardosa lapponica (265 statewide) and the hump-headed shield sheetweaver (245 statewide). Few records here can mean the species is rare in the county, or that few people have looked.
Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area among Alaska counties
Other Alaska counties with their own page: Haines Borough, Juneau City and Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, North Slope Borough, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area and Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area.
The whole state: venomous species in Alaska, all spiders.
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