Male Nursery-Web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis
What looks like a pair of boxing gloves or an extra pair of legs here are in fact the males pedipalps that are used to hold the sperm which the male will use when mating with a female and putting it in her epigynum if the mating is successful. Can be found on grasslands, heathland, woodland margins and in marshy areas. Very similar to the wolf spiders but differ in the size of their eyes . Adult females can often be seen carrying their own egg sac.
Male Nursery-Web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis
What looks like a pair of boxing gloves or an extra pair of legs here are in fact the males pedipalps that are used to hold the sperm which the male will use when mating with a female and putting it in her epigynum if the mating is successful. Can be found on grasslands, heathland, woodland margins and in marshy areas. Very similar to the wolf spiders but differ in the size of their eyes . Adult females can often be seen carrying their own egg sac.