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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae) » Unidentified Juveniles
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Pisaurid spiderlings
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Pisaurid spiderlings
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 15, 2011
In a nursery web. I guess these are Pisaurina mira and not Dolomedes, based on
vs.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 December, 2011 - 10:26pm
Last updated 10 December, 2011 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
Well, thanks for looking... maybe we'll get these sorted out someday.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 December, 2011 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot
I certainly won't argue... any chance you're going to follow them as they mature?
… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2011 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
I didn't get the chance to
unfortunately.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 December, 2011 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
=]
I forgot to look at the date. I won't argue with your ID, but maybe best to leave at family level? Did you get any front shots of the eyes?
… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2011 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Almost
I found an almost front shot of one, which I've added (flipped 180 degrees). If this isn't enough to clinch it for you, I'm fine with leaving at family level for now.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 December, 2011 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
I looked at a bunch of spiderlings
this morning.. and realize that they don't really have the eye arrangement of the adults. I'm not sure what molt the eyes begin to look more like one genus or the other.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2011 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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