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Nursery web spider? - Pisaurina mira
Copyright © 2013 Jeffrey Taylor

Nursery web spider? - Pisaurina mira
Dedham, norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2013
Size: About 2 inch legspan
This is the biggest spider so far to have graced my yard. Found perched near a bunch of spiderlings in a shelter of leaves wrapped in silk.

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Nursery web spider? - Pisaurina mira Nursery web spider? - Pisaurina mira
Contributed by Jeffrey Taylor on 7 July, 2013 - 7:31pm
Last updated 14 July, 2013 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 July, 2013 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 11 July, 2013 - 7:31am

Looks like...
Pisaurina mira.
… Chad Heins, 8 July, 2013 - 7:25am

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