
Nursery-web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Holds front 2 pairs of legs close together. Hunts in nettles and other dense vegetation. Female carries her egg sac in her fangs . Ehen the eggs are about to hatch she attaches then to a plant and spins a tent like structure about them. She will wait and guard the young until they disperse.
Updated: Nov 28, 2009 7:24pm PST