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Nursery Web Spider

Photo by DavidSchilz
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Field Notes

Description:

Found this in a leaf in the yard on day. The spider is about 5cm across.

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Nursery web spider

Species ID Suggestions

Nursery Web Spider

Pisaurina mira

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (2)
LuckyLogan
Definitely not a wolf spider, i believe Jakubko has the correct I.D.
Jacob Gorneau
This is not a wolf spider, which is in the family Lycosidae, but a similar spider in the family Pisauridae. This is the variable Pisaurina mira.

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Wildlife of the Niagara Region
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PublishedJuly 23, 2013

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