Nursery Web Spider by danob
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Description
Nursery web spiders are spiders of the family Pisauridae. And are some of the most interesting as they are hunters and dont use a web in the conventional sense. They resemble wolf spiders (family Lycosidae), but they carry their egg sacs by means of their jaws and pedipalps (instead of attaching them to their spinnerets).
When the eggs are about to hatch, a mother spider will build a nursery "tent," put her egg sac inside, and mount guard outside. The name nursery web spider is especially given to the European species I have captured here Pisaura mirabilis, but the family also includes fishing spiders and raft spiders.
This one had joined two leaves together, and is lying in wait with the front four of its eight legs together to sense the approach of prey.
Comments (35)
Excellent capture!!
wow! a beautiful shot....!
Beautiful and very interesting spider!!! Excellent colors, details, and light!!!
Excellent as usual Dan ! Yes I have already seen that kind of spider and their nets ...............
Interesting capture and with his front legs together at rest. Excellent shot. Aloha
@}>---Hello my dear friend, Absolutely fantastic!!!!Wonderful Phtography an excellent composition as usual, Congratulations! A million stars from me!!! All you artwork is Very Beautiful!! It is a real pleasure to visit your gallery Have a wonderful Monday. (Thank you so much for your encouraging comments) Hug and kiss in Your heart. Luminous blesing. Ludy@>--->---
very nice, I love the background info toooooo
Now you see, that really creeps me out far more than my tarantula shot did!! This thing looks really vicious and fast and hungry and angry and....... oooh, those little hairs on his legs yuk!!! Absolutely fantastic capture though, but has left me sitting in a rather tense position now! As with all of your photography, great lighting, colour, POV and DOF!!! xxx
UUUUH,aber ein excellentes Foto!
Nice, and interesting photo, and informative text.
Excellent Dan and interesting text... bravo... I adore!
Bravo on another excellent piece of work Danny. Sorry I can't look at it for too long as it is making me shiver!!! I don't like to get too close up and personal with this type of thing!! Eileen xxx
Ready to pounce! The pose is is great. Thanks for the info about this arachnid.
Lovely macro work!
Every ay you teach us something new. Love the new fresh green of the leaves here, and a spider I never have seen before.
Really nice capture & clarity Stuart
These spiders have always been a fascination. Their lack of web was a curiousity but now I have learned why... really good shot! Lots to observe here.
Very cool capture Danny. Thanks for all the info on this species of spider. John
Excellent and sensitive, as always! Congratulations !
Great macro and details... Thank you for your useful information
OH MY! Awesome shot but I find spiders creepy! :-)
Ecellent, if creepy shot :)
Well now I know what these guys are. They are a little scary with that back marking. Very nice close-up.
thanks for the biology lesson. who says an old dog can not learn. outstanding macro
Very cool spider. Never seen one. Great natural shot of it here. Thanks for the info as well. Excellent work.
Fantastic macro my friend.....!!!!
Excellent capture here Danny!! PJAJ (ArtModels)
Well done - good capture along with a good explanation - that's fun!
a fine macro, viewed full size really accentuates the detail. brilliant once again.
How interesting and a beautiful photo you must get to see some wildlife :) Cathy xoxoxo