Pisaurina mira
(Nursery Web Spider)

Picture ID 58612

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Found in my Kitchen on the floor.

Submitted by:
hurricanejenn67
Submitted: Apr 29, 2019
Photographed: Apr 29, 2019
Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
Location: Connelly Springs, North Carolina, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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HurricaneJenn67

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April 29, 2019 1:14 pm

I dont know what it is. There is so many on Google. I cant see any the same.

TangledWeb

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April 29, 2019 8:08 pm

The main ways to quickly recognize Pisaurina mira are: her fishing spider-shaped body, she may carry an egg sack under her head, and the wide stripe marking down her back. I like this species, it’s really mellow but can grab and kill large insects, like locusts.