Pisaurina mira
(Nursery Web Spider)

Picture ID 15787

Submitted by:
sarahsacco
Submitted: May 28, 2018
Photographed: May 28, 2018
Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
Location: East Northport. Long Island., New York, United States
Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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May 28, 2018 5:15 pm

Hi, your image has been filed. (See above image for ID.) 🙂

SarahSacco

Photo Owner

May 29, 2018 12:36 am

Thanks. A lot of people told me it was a brown recluse spider. Are you sure that it’s not? What are the differences?

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to SarahSacco

May 29, 2018 8:58 am

Your spider looks too hairy, Recluse (Loxosceles spp.) are not very hairy. I would expect the legs to be more laterigrade (crab-like) if it were a Recluse, the way they’re positioned on the right side of the spider with the first two legs together is typical for a resting P. mira. Compare to:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/525682/bgimage
https://bugguide.net/node/view/840899/bgimage

Also there appears to be a broad dark median band on the anterior half of the carapace and some-sort of subtle pattern on the abdomen that are both inconsistent with Recluse Spiders (Loxosceles spp.).