This list is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of spiders. It is a listing of common spiders that one may come in contact with at the Park as well as some uncommon spiders that one may not see on a regular basis.
Some spiders will not have species listed for some species are so similar and difficult to distinguish that listing by family and genera is adequate. Common names will very greatly and there may be several common names for one species and some may not have a common name.
| Family Group | Genera | Species | Common Name |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | cavaticus | Barn Spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | detrimentosus | Orbweaver |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | diadematus | Cross spider, Garden spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | nordmanni | |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | marmoreus | Marbled spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | thaddeus | Lattice spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Araneus | trifolium | Shamrock spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Argiope | aurantia | Yellow garden argiope, Garden spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Argiope | trifasciata | Bannded argiope, Garden spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Cyclosa | Trash web Spider | |
| ARANEIDAE | Gasteracantha | cancriformis | Spiny backed spider, Crab spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Larina | directa | |
| ARANEIDAE | Mastophora | Bolas Spider | |
| ARANEIDAE | Mecynogea | lemniscata | Basilica spider |
| ARANEIDAE | Micrathena | sagittata | Arrowshaped micrathena |
| ARANEIDAE | Nephila | clavipes | Goldensilk spider, Bannana spider |
| CTENIZIDAE | Ummidia | Trapdoor Spider | |
| FILISTATIDAE | Kukulcania | hibernalis | Cob web spider, Crevice weaver |
| LINYPHIIDAE | Pityohyphantes | Hammock Spider | |
| OXYOPIDAE | Hamataliwa | grisea | Lynx Spider |
| OXYOPIDAE | Oxyopes | aureus | Golden lynx spider, Brown lynx |
| OXYOPIDAE | Peucetia | viridans | Green lynx spider |
| PHILODROMIDAE | Tibellus | oblongus | Grass spider, Crab spider |
| PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes | albineus | Whitelined Nursery web Spider |
| PISAURIDAE | Pisaurina | mira | Nursery web spider |
| PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes | tenebrosus | Nursery web spider |
| PISAURIDAE | Dolomedes | triton | Six spotted fishing spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Hentzia | palmorum | Jumping spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Lyssomanes | viridis | Jumping spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Marpissa | pikei | Jumping spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Peckhamia | picata | Ant-like jumper |
| SALTICIDAE | Pelegrina | galathea | Jumping spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Phidippus | audax | Jumping spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Plexippus | paykulli | Jumping spider |
| SALTICIDAE | Thiodina | sylvana | Jumping spider |
| SCYTODIDAE | Scytodes | Spitting Spider | |
| TETRAGNATHIDAE | Tetragnatha | pallescens | Long jawed orb weaver |
| THERAPHOSIDAE | Aphonopelma | sp. | Tarantula |
| THERIDIIDAE | Achaearanea | tepidariorum | American House Spider |
| THERIDIIDAE | Latrodectus | mactans | Black Widow |
| THOMISIDAE | Tmarus | angulatus | Crab spider |
Source listing;
Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1988-1991 by Norman I. Platnick
Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992-1995 by Norman I Platnick
Spiders and Their Kin by Herbert and Lorna Levi
Spiders and Scorpions of Texas by John A. Jackman
Common Spiders of the United States by James H. Emerton
This list was compiled by Chuck Duplant, Brazos Bend Volunteer Organization, from spiders collected in Brazos Bend State Park and identified by the above named sources.
© 2006 Brazos Bend State Park Volunteer Organization.
Updated