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Pisaurina mira
Nursery Web Spider, preparing to eat a dragonfly that was caught in its web, spotted near Montgomery, AL.
Spotted on Sep 19, 2014
Submitted on Sep 19, 2014
6 Comments
Looking at the list of common spiders in Alabama, that seems to be the most likely ID. Thanks!
Based on size, coloring and texturing of legs and shape of rear thorax I think it might be a Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) http://www.insectidentification.org/pict...
That's quite a meal indeed. Thanks for sharing.
For the spider, it may never get identified, but I thought it was worth sharing since it had caught such a large prey!
Yes it is. As the name suggests, the common whitetails are actually quite common--I have uploaded several pictures of them to PN:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/636...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/661...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/663...
The dragonfly is a Common Whitetail, Plathemis lydia (male) http://bugguide.net/node/view/56308 I cannot see the markings on the spider well enough to identify. :)