Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira)
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Of the two species of Pisaurina found in Texas and called Nursery Web Spiders, this is the more common. These spiders are usually a bit over ½ inch in length, with a dark brown stripe bordered by thin light lines down their backs. The stripe varies from quite distinct to almost the same color as the rest of the spider's body. Nursery web spiders do not make a permanent web except to protect their young after they hatch. The female carries her round egg sac in her jaws, then continues to protect the young until they have undergone their second molt. At this stage, they leave the nursery and are on their own.
This species is often seen resting on leaves or flowers. It frequently holds its legs together in pairs, so that it might appear to have only four legs at first.
class: Arachnida / order: Araneae / family: Pisauridae / genus: Pisaurina / species: mira
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