Nursery-Web Spider
Pisaura mirabilis
Not assessedPhoto: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arachnidcarnivore
The nursery-web spider is a clever hunter found across Europe. Males sometimes offer silk-wrapped gifts to females during courtship. In 2002, arachnologists honored it as Spider of the Year.
- Males present wrapped prey to females as a mating gift.
- Part of the hunting spider family, related to wolf spiders.
- Recognized as Spider of the Year in 2002.
GrasslandForestEurope
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Arachnid
- Scientific name
- Pisaura mirabilis
- Habitat
- Grassland, Forest
- Regions in this directory
- Europe
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- small
