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Photo by Amy20
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Field Notes

Description:

Large spider. Approximately 3 inch diameter including legs. Light brown, few markings.

Species ID Suggestions

Nursery Web Spider (male)

Pisaurina mira

Reference Link
BugEric
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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
This amazing spider looks like a member of Genus Pisaurina: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2918/bgpage They are called Nursery Web Spiders. To me, this looks like either Pisaurina dubia or Pisaurina mira. Take a look at the link and hopefully you can match your spider to one of them.

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PublishedMay 14, 2014

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