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Spider eating spider? - Pisaurina mira
Copyright © 2012 Robert Johnson

Spider eating spider? - Pisaurina mira
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 23, 2012
Size: 1 in
dont know what kind of spider this is.

Do spiders eat there own?
Contributed by Robert Johnson on 24 September, 2012 - 8:19am
Last updated 24 September, 2012 - 6:29pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 September, 2012 - 6:29pm

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… Matt Edmonds, 24 September, 2012 - 8:26am

This is
Pisaurina mira, a fishing spider. Spiders frequently eat other spiders and may even eat members of their own species.
… Chad Heins, 24 September, 2012 - 8:22am

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