Pisaurina mira
(Nursery Web Spider)

Comments & ID Thoughts

At first, I thought this may be a brown recluse. Now, I’m not so sure. This spider was huge and about the size of a half dollar in diameter. Tan/brown in color. Moved quite fast.

• Submitted by: 
  
  amberlc486
• Submitted: Jun 2, 2018
• Photographed: May 26, 2018
• Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
• Location: Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Lateral