Unidentified

Picture ID 66777

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

I think it's a Nursery Spider. No large fangs or hairs make me think it's not a wolf spider. We found it next to the dog bowls in the kitchen near a cabinet. I collected it and put it outside on the ledge for the photo.

  • Submitted by: 
    catscott
  • Submitted: Jun 18, 2019
  • Photographed: Jun 18, 2019
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: North Scituate, Rhode Island, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
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CalumEwing

You are correct this is a Fishing Spider. It is a female Pisaurina mira, but of an uncommon color form. The more normal color form does not have the dark markings on the legs or the black stripe down the middle of the body.

CalumEwing

Some species in the family (Pisauridae) are closely associated with water and live near the edges of ponds and streams (like fishermen). Others in the family live further away from water, but all build the ‘nursery’ type web to guard the young hatchlings. So either name is correct. Here in eastern Canada, the larger species are often called Fishing Spiders, Dock Spiders or Wharf Spiders, because of where they are commonly found.

Mactan85

This is Pisuarina mira or the American Nursery spider. The standard pose of nursery spiders, when resting, is similar to an X and this is one of the 6 variations of the species P. mira. This variation on this specific one is the center line pattern variation. I would not confuse these with fishing spiders which fall under genus Dolomedes not Pisuarina. All fishing spiders (Dolomedes) are inherently nursery spiders as they are in the family of Pisauridae (Nursery). However, not all nursery spiders are fishing spiders unless they are on the genus (Dolomedes). Sorry lol long winded way of… Read more »