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Nursery Web Spider - Pisaurina mira
Body length was about 15 mm (excluding legs). It had a reddish brown stripe down its cephalothorax and abdomen that was lightly lined with white. Anterior eyes were not recurved.
Habitat: Spotted on ferns in a coniferous forest.
"Pisaurina mira" is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae, the members of which are commonly called "nursery web spiders." They are similar to wolf spiders and to the long-legged water spiders. The best way to distinguish the Pisauridae from other Families is by observing their eye patterns.
Similar species: Spiders
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Dec 16, 2018. Captured Aug 25, 2018 09:36 in 3280 Franklin Ave, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.
