Nursery Web Spider | Hainault Forest

Nursery Web Spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Nursery web spiders bask on brambles and nettles. They do not use webs to snare prey instead they prefer to sprint after and grab their meals. The female carries around an egg-sac until the time for hatching approaches. She then builds a webbed tent on vegetation which will provide protection for the young until they leave the nest.

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