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title: "American Nursery Web Spider"
description: "Pisaurina mira — Insekten & Spinnen. Pisaurina mira, also known as the American nursery web spider, due to the web it raises young in, is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae."
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last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# American Nursery Web Spider

> Pisaurina mira — Insekten & Spinnen. Pisaurina mira, also known as the American nursery web spider, due to the web it raises young in, is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae.

- Scientific name: *Pisaurina mira*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 41472
- Wikidata: [Q4157806](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4157806)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84109](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84109)

## Names

- en: American Nursery Web Spider
- fr: Araignée d'eau à bande brune

## Countries with the most observations

US (35136), CA (3330)

## Summary

Pisaurina mira, also known as the American nursery web spider, due to the web it raises young in, is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. They are often mistaken for wolf spiders (Lycosidae) due to their physical resemblance. P. mira is distinguished by its unique eye arrangement of two rows.
P. mira is known for its wide distribution across eastern North America and tend to inhabit high weeds or low shrubs in ecotonal areas. It is categorized as a "sit-and-wait ambush predator" that waits for prey to come within reach and snatches them using its chelicerae (clawlike pincers).
P. mira is most well known for…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisaurina_mira

## Photo

![American Nursery Web Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-nursery-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Fones · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4786710

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-nursery-web-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).