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Pisaurina mira
Nursery Web spiders resemble Wolf spiders, except their eyes are generally all the same size. Nursery Web spiders actively search for their prey, the webs they construct are used only for resting spots. These spiders are beneficial predators and play an important role in controlling insect pests populations.
Fields, meadows, woods, gardens.
Spotted on Aug 23, 2010
Submitted on Nov 10, 2011
4 Comments
You might consider putting this in 2 missions....International Spiders Survey http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6518... and Midwestern Gardens: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8472...
I've posted an enlargement of the eyes. The top two are bigger so I guess that makes it a wolf of some kind.
Thank you so much Craig- Possibly a Nursery Web spider, it looks similar... But as you said it is difficult to see the eye arrangement, which is key in spider identification.
Beautiful as all your shots are! Do you think my spotting here is also one of these? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/778...
Perhaps I need to enlarge the eyes...