In the Nursery - _TNY_6688
A female nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) quite fittingly in her nursery web.
In Swedish, these are called "presentspindel" which translates into "gift spider" - this because the males of the species typically bring a gift in the form of a fresh kill, wrapped in silk, to the female prior to the mating and thus reducing the risk of becoming a post-coitus snack himself.
In the Nursery - _TNY_6688
A female nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) quite fittingly in her nursery web.
In Swedish, these are called "presentspindel" which translates into "gift spider" - this because the males of the species typically bring a gift in the form of a fresh kill, wrapped in silk, to the female prior to the mating and thus reducing the risk of becoming a post-coitus snack himself.