Nursery Web Spider
Pisaura mirabilis  |
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| A large and common spider of grassy areas in woodlands and on heaths etc. Known commonly as the Nursery Web Spider, the female Pisaura mirabilis is regularly seen guarding her obvious egg sac in grass or other low vegetation. This is the only UK spider, in which the male passes the female a prey item as a gift prior to mating. | ||
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| UK distribution of Pisaura
mirabilis |
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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