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Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira)
Photo#182262
Copyright © 2008
StevenBren
Very large spider -
Pisaurina mira
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
May 10, 2008
Size: 2 1/4 inches
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Contributed by
StevenBren
on 12 May, 2008 - 8:29pm
Last updated 7 February, 2011 - 9:32pm
Moved
Moved from
Nursery Web Spiders
.
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Lynette Elliott
, 7 February, 2011 - 9:32pm
Moved
Moved from
Spiders
.
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Ken Schneider
, 18 March, 2009 - 5:38pm
Moving to family page for now...
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Ken Schneider
, 18 March, 2009 - 5:38pm
Nursery Web Spider
Eye arrangement and
this image
seem to suggest Pisaurina mira. However, I'm not an expert. You may want to wait for someone else's opinion. BTW spiders are measured by body only, legs are not included.
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Lynette Elliott
, 12 May, 2008 - 8:39pm
I meant to say
leg to leg for clarification, sorry about that.
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StevenBren
, 12 May, 2008 - 8:49pm