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American Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - Male On the hunt at porch lights near a dense mixed forest. Geotagged,Pisaurina mira,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

American Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - Male

On the hunt at porch lights near a dense mixed forest.

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Nice! I bet he's looking for love. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      I'll be honest here... Right after I took this shot, he rushed towards me (it surprised me as I had just looked up from my camera) and I nearly jumped out of my skin. I am usually not so fearful of spiders, but he was rather large and spindly-- and I guess my instincts kicked in in that moment! It took me a good 5 minutes to calm myself down LOL! Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        He must have been hoping for a hug. Posted 5 years ago
      2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        I wonder if you saw the video Christine shared in the comments here:

        European Nursery Web Spider, Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands Variable in color, but not really in pattern. With only 3 species of Nursery web spiders in the Netherlands, this one is easy to single out. <br /> <br /> They superficially resemble wolf spiders, yet the main difference (not seen here) is in their eyes. Nursery web spiders have eyes that are all of equal size, whilst wolf spiders have 2 huge eyes combined with much smaller eyes.<br /> <br /> The "web" in the name refers to the web they built for offspring, not for hunting. Hunting is just sprinting and biting. As with most spider species, it sucks quite a lot to be a male. <br /> <br /> Despite the abundance of eyes, a male appearantly isn't easily distinguished from just being generic prey. So the male must bring a gift, typically a prepacked fly, and very obscenely wave that it comes with good intentions. If seen and not in a bad mood, the male may survive this encounter. With female jaws occupied, he'll do what he came for, which was not to hand out food.<br /> <br /> More love is awarded to the offspring instead, for which she builds the nursery web. She'll first carry around the sac, then build the web, and guard it until they first shed skin. Europe,European Nursery Web Spider,Heeswijk-Dinther,Netherlands,Pisaura mirabilis,World

        Now you can relive this moment at home. You're welcome!         Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago

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The American Nursery Web Spider

"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.

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Uploaded May 27, 2020. Captured May 27, 2020 04:49 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/32.0
  • 1/41s
  • ISO2000
  • 100mm

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