Pisauridae
(Nursery Web Spiders)

The spider family Pisauridae, commonly known as Nursery Web Spiders, have been sighted 317 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pisauridae includes 2 countries and 34 states in the United States. Pisauridae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae

Common Name (AAS)

Nursery Web Spiders

Author

Eugène Simon, 1890

Sightings Overview

There have been 317 confirmed sightings of Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 12, 2025 by Spider ID member barney. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 317 sightings because of certain Pisauridae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 7% of the time, Pisauridae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 317)
Sex: 10 female and 43 male.
Environment: Pisauridae has been sighted 255 times outdoors, and 99 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (165). On flower (5). Low foliage (25). High foliage (7). Ground layer (33). Under rock or debris (6). Freshwater river, lake, stream (5). Forest (8). Cave (1).

Location and Range

Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Pisauridae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.