The best way to distinguish the Pisauridae from other Families is by observing their eye patterns. Earlier on my walk I found a rather orange American nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira). Nursery-web spider, (family Pisauridae), any member of a family of spiders (order Araneida) noted for the female spider’s habit of making a protective nursery web for the young and standing guard over that web. The Nursery Web Spider derives its name from the delicate care a female takes of her egg sac. What an excellent, sneaky friend. The nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira) is called so because the female makes a silken nursery web for its young. Pisaurina mira is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. Way to camouflage yourself, lil pal. 1. Pisaurina mira spiders have been sighted 310 times by contributing members. Dolomedes vittatus? Did you know?
Most species are medium to large in size, and many are found near the water.

The nursery web spider can be found throughout the Eastern States of the United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode …

It was also rather large. She gently carries the sac with fangs and builds a web for it in high weeds or low shrubs, suspending it inside of a leaf so it is less visible and more difficult to reach. Pisaurina mira is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae, the members of which are commonly called "nursery web spiders."

Pisaurina mira. They resemble wolf spiders (Lycosidae) except for several key differences. These common spiders are large and hairy and are often confused with the wolf spider . They are similar to wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and to the long-legged water spiders (Trechaleidae). I can usually narrow down spiders given their eye arrangement and details of web (or lack thereof), but this is stumping me. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pisaurina mira includes 2 countries and 34 states in the United States. Summary 2. American Nursery Web Spider Pisaurina mira. American nursery web spider. Nursery spiders are so called because before their eggs hatch, the females build a tent-like web, or nursery, around the egg sac to protect the babies, which stay in the nursery for about a week.
A cute Lil American Nursery Web Spider I found. Wolf spiders have two very prominent eyes in addition to the other six, while a nursery web spider's …