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Pisaura Mirabilis
Unlike the wolf spiders, which have two very prominent eyes in addition to the other six, the eyes of the nursery web spiders are more or less the same size.[1] Many species are able to walk on the surface of still bodies of water, and may even dive beneath the surface for a time to escape enemies. In escaping predators, they may very well jump a distance of five or six inches. However, they do not find it easy to make their way up extremely smooth surfaces such as glass. The female spider will sometimes attempt to eat the male after mating. The male, to reduce the risk of this, will often present the female with a gift such as a fly when approaching in the hope that this will satisfy her hunger, and sometimes this gift is a fake present intended to fool the female.
Spotted on Sep 8, 2013
Submitted on Sep 14, 2013
2 Comments
This is what a Brown Recluse looks like:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/564563/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/577139/bgi...
Your spider is much heavier looking and has a much different color pattern.
You may have a male Nursery Web Spider. They can be quite large. I think it looks similar to some of the spiders in Genus Dolomedes.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1985/bgpag...
Please update your spotting to Unknown so that no other users will get confused. I agree with Aaron, this is not a Brown Recluse.
Hope this helps.
Hi there. This is a nice spotting but it is most certainly not a brown recluse. Please clear the information and tick the "Help me ID this species" box. Hopefully someone will be able to assist. Thanks! :-)