Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. [1] Females of the family are known for building special nursery webs. When their eggs are about to hatch, a female spider builds a tent-like web, places her egg sac inside, and stands guard outside, hence the family's common name.

The Nursery web spider is a common spider of grassland and scrub, and is often seen sunbathing among Brambles and Stinging Nettles. The adults are active hunters and do not spin a web to catch food, instead using a quick sprint to capture flies and other insects.

Dec 13, 2019 · Piraurina Mira, commonly called nursery web spider, is a brown spider species with long legs. They are endemic to the Eastern USA. American nursery web spiders are often confused with wolf spiders or fishing spiders.

Pisaurina mira, also known as the American nursery web spider, due to the web it raises young in, is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. They are often mistaken for wolf spiders due to their physical resemblance. P. mira is distinguished by its unique eye arrangement of two rows.

Nursery web or pisauridae is a family of predator spiders. There are total 508 species in 51 genera under this. The female spider often eats the male after their copulation. The family has got the name because of the nature of female spiders, who protects the eggs with a security web. Size: Adult spiders can be around 0.59 in (1.4 cm).

Nov 10, 2024 · The nursery web is placed in low vegetation near the boundary between a field and woods. This spider frequently holds its front legs extended in pairs.

Jan 7, 2025 · An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

There is usually a dark stripe that runs down the cephalothorax (front of the spider including the head) and abdomen. The legs are not banded. Females carry their egg sacs under their bodies between their mouthparts; when they are ready to hatch she builds a "nursery" by folding a leaf over and then using silk to fill in the space underneath.

Jan 29, 2025 · The Nursery Web Spider derives its name from the delicate care a female takes of her egg sac. She gently carries the sac with fangs and builds a web for it in high weeds or low shrubs, suspending it inside of a leaf so it is less visible and more difficult to reach.