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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae) » Pisaurina » Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira)
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New spider - Pisaurina mira
Copyright © 2018 Pauline Horn

New spider - Pisaurina mira
Lake Roland Park, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
August 26, 2018
Size: 5/8"
Did not see a web other than the webbing you can see in the image.
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Contributed by Pauline Horn on 26 August, 2018 - 1:28pm
Last updated 26 August, 2018 - 8:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… wolfpacksved, 26 August, 2018 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Not at all embarassing
Great images for data collection.
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2018 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thanks.
… Pauline Horn, 26 August, 2018 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

We keep wondering if the next analysis
of the genus will show that there has been an undescribed species, but for now these are being placed under mira
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2018 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Embarrassing
I just discovered a photo of an identical looking spider taken by me two years ago in the same area. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1291817
… Pauline Horn, 26 August, 2018 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Seems to be one of the color forms
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2018 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Looks the same, but not what I expected.
… Pauline Horn, 26 August, 2018 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be
Pisaurina mira
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2018 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Legs
With those striped legs?
… Pauline Horn, 26 August, 2018 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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