Pisaurina mira
(Nursery Web Spider)

Picture ID 58884

Submitted by:
hammerhead
Submitted: May 1, 2019
Photographed: May 1, 2019
Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
Location: Union, West Virginia, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Hammerhead

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May 1, 2019 10:17 pm

I think this may be a grass spider but I want to make sure because it was in my room where my children could have been in contact with it

CaliSpiders

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May 1, 2019 10:24 pm

Im very sure that this is a grass spider

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TangledWeb

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May 1, 2019 10:46 pm

Hi, it looks like a Nursery Web Spider, Pisaurina mira. I was waiting for someone to use the username Hammerhead! Good job Spider Patrol! This is a spider that has eyeshine- light reflects off of the eyes like it does with some other nocturnal animals. Fishing spiders are in the same family. They are ambush predators rather than using a trap, like a web. In my experience, they rarely move. If your kids had contact with her she may have bitten if they held her too long or tightly. If they did it isn’t considered medically significant. If they were… Read more »