Genus Pisaurina

Classification · Numbers · See Also · Internet References

Nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira) - Pisaurina mira

Orange spider-weird color-not an orb weaver - Pisaurina mira

Nursery Web Spider - Pisaurina mira - female

unfamiliar arachnid, closer still - Pisaurina mira

Large spider on lily bud - Pisaurina mira

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders)

Genus Pisaurina

Numbers

4 species: mira, brevipes, undulata, dubia.

See Also

Tibellus & Larinia

Internet References

psyche.entclub.org - PDF article with drawings of each species.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 March, 2004 - 11:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 16 November, 2009 - 9:43am

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