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Scared the daylights out of me man, this american nursery web spider was hiding right in the crevice between the trunk door and tail light. I was admittedly horrible at spider identification back then, and confused it with a recluse... thanked God for Google image searches.
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- Submitted: Oct 5, 2025
- Photographed: Aug 17, 2024
- Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
- Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Dec 12, 2024
Dec 12, 2024
portsmouth, 
Pisaurina mira. nice
I enjoy the spider encounter stories. The-riveter…..these spiders can jump staight up. – it could have been scarier! My dad is still traumatized by finding a Dark Fishing Spider an inch from his face when he was working on a car’s wheel well.
I have never seen one jump, but they can bolt several inches in an unpredictable direction. So fast, you lose eye contact.
A dark fishing spider like a huntsman can startle the daylights out of you when you discover them inches from your face (less than a legspan)