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Nursery Web Spider

Pisaura mirabilis

Description:

Spider and it's nest made around grass stems

Habitat:

Open heathland

1 Species ID Suggestions

nursery web spider
Pisaura mirabilis


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8 Comments

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

Thank you for the ident Alan .. much appreciated! .Thanks Neil .. I love walking around this area in the early mornings when I'm home in Devon. It's an area of heathland, that I used to ride on when I had horses. Now managed by The Devon Wildlife Trust

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 10 years ago

Awesome photos and spotting, Viv. The web looks like foam.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

Can you give me a correct ident for this spider please Janine?

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

sorry replacing broken links now, thanks!

Steve G. Gurdy
Steve G. Gurdy 10 years ago

This is a scary looking spider! Very Cool

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

I would add but can't find the mission JanineLingTurner

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

would you please consider adding this spotting to
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4649...... The U.K Arthropod Survey as it would be a very interesting contribution. Thanks!

VivBraznell
Spotted by
VivBraznell

Teignbridge District, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jul 23, 2012
Submitted on May 17, 2013

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