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Nursery web spider (female with egg sac)

Pisaurina mira

Description:

Light brown with brown spots on certain places. The big white thing under it probably is an egg.

Notes:

I found it on my deck, which is near the woods.

1 Species ID Suggestions

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago
Nursery web spider (female with egg sac)
Pisaurina mira Bug Eric: Spider Sunday: Nursery Web Spider


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1 Comment

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

This looks like a nursery web spider. They carry their eggs this way.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showima...
http://www.eurospiders.com/Pisaura_mirab...

naturegirl37
Spotted by
naturegirl37

Columbia, Maryland, USA

Spotted on Jun 15, 2013
Submitted on Jun 15, 2013

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