Nursery web spider
Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis). This spider inhabits grassland, woodland and hedgerows. It is found throughout the UK and northern Europe, although it is rare in Scotland. The female carries her eggs in a sac beneath her abdomen. This sac is deposited on a leaf where she spins a nursery web around it for protection. The female guards the sac until the young emerge.
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