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Pisaurina mira. My first male Nursery Web Spider. He moved much faster than the females I've photographed, he kept racing around in front of me.
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- Submitted: May 26, 2022
- Photographed: May 25, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: (Rivier University) Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I think I just came across one of those this morning in the lakes region nh . Could be a barn funnel spider. I also came across something that said it could be a hobo spider but I’m not sure if we have those in nh.
Good News in 2 Parts: 1. There isn’t scientific proof that Hobo Spiders, Eratigena agrestis, have medically significant venom. 2. The species lives in the Pacific Northwest of USA. https://bugguide.net/node/view/33976 We do have other species in family Agelendidae that make funnel webs. I’m watching a big black spider with a funnel web in my neighborhood. I’m trying to get a photo of it out of it’s web so I can ID it. A baby Garter Snake lives about 3 inches above it in a niche in a retaining wall. I told my father that I handled a 5 foot long… Read more »