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Nursery Web Spider

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Description:

Found this in a leaf in the yard on day. The spider is about 5cm across.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago
Nursery Web Spider
Pisaurina mira Species Pisaurina mira - Nursery Web Spider - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 10 years ago

Definitely not a wolf spider, i believe Jakubko has the correct I.D.

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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

This is not a wolf spider, which is in the family Lycosidae, but a similar spider in the family Pisauridae. This is the variable Pisaurina mira.

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DavidSchilz
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DavidSchilz

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Aug 23, 2006
Submitted on Jul 23, 2013

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