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I live in new hampshire and my dog was very curious when this creature ventured along a railroad tie wall. it was very large and would have filled my hand had i been brave enough to handle it. the colors were just as it appears in these pics. thanks. I also have a home in SC and have very small scorpians on the outside deck and once or twice in the house. do we or my dogs carry these in or are they good wall climbers to get inside? any help greatly appreciated.
kelly p

Hi Kelly,
What a gorgeous specimen of a Nursery Web Spider, Pisaurina mira. This is a female and she is full of eggs. When she lays her egg sac, she will carry it around in her chelicirae and eventually spin a nursery web and guard the eggs. These hunting spiders do not build webs to trap prey, just to serve as a nursery for the spiderlings.

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