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Nursery web spider - Pisaurina - female
Copyright © 2008 Carmen Champagne

Nursery web spider - Pisaurina - Female
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
June 8, 2008
The spider was quite large, maybe over an inch body-wise, but I'm not sure my recollection is accurate. She was guarding a cluster of spiderlings wrapped in a silk and dogwood leaf shelter. I've considered that it might be a fishing spider, but I really don't know.

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Nursery web spider - Pisaurina - female Nursery web spider - Pisaurina - female
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Contributed by Carmen Champagne on 21 December, 2008 - 3:16pm
Last updated 28 December, 2008 - 4:59pm

Looks to be Pisaurina
and that's exactly what her nest web would look like.
… john and jane balaban, 21 December, 2008 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
I would never have guessed.
The nursery web spiders I'm familiar with are typically smallish with a darker brown stripe on the abdomen.

Thanks for the help!
… Carmen Champagne, 28 December, 2008 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

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