Pisaurina mira
(Nursery Web Spider)

Comments & ID Thoughts

I am a spider enthusiast and was 99% sure this was a male brown recluse soon as I saw it. After dispatching that spider, I found a bigger one 4 feet directly above it, which I believe was the female. If you look closely at the one pictured it is missing two legs. I believe the female may have attacked the male after mating which is why he was missing legs. Also directly below the male and female was a freshly decomposed slug, which looked like her or their dinner. On some websites it says brown recluses do not reside in WV, but I know many around here who have been bit and I grew up hearing stories of them around here. Can anyone with expertise clarify if my thoughts are correct?

• Submitted by: 
  
  wverick
• Submitted: May 28, 2018
• Photographed: May 27, 2018
• Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
• Sex: 
  
  Male,
• Maturity: 
  Adult
• Location: Fairmont , West Virginia, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Ventral