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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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spider - Pisaurina mira
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

spider - Pisaurina mira
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: ~20mm for body
I think this very large spider might be a Wolf Spider. Very hairy and very calm.

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spider - Pisaurina mira spider - Pisaurina mira spider - Pisaurina mira
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 31 August, 2008 - 11:18am
Last updated 7 February, 2011 - 7:49pm

Moved
Moved from Pisaurina.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 February, 2011 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2008 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

My guess is Nursery Web Spide
My guess is Nursery Web Spider. Looke here and see what you think while you wait for an expert opinion. http://bugguide.net/node/view/2918/bgimage
… Sharon Warner, 31 August, 2008 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Spider
Yes, I agree that it is most likely a member of the Nursery Web Spider family. The eye placement matches.
… Ilona L., 1 September, 2008 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

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