Mama Sideburns - _TNY_9855 (In Explore 27/11 2020)
The nusery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) can vary quite a lot in colouration, but is still easily identifiable because of the white sidburns which they always have and no other spider here does.
This female was carrying around all her eggs in that very spherical egg sac they make. Unlike wolf spiders who attach the sac to their spinnerets at the rear, Pisauridae spiders like this carry thm in their fangs.
Another shot of the same mother-to-be here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49720543638/
Mama Sideburns - _TNY_9855 (In Explore 27/11 2020)
The nusery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) can vary quite a lot in colouration, but is still easily identifiable because of the white sidburns which they always have and no other spider here does.
This female was carrying around all her eggs in that very spherical egg sac they make. Unlike wolf spiders who attach the sac to their spinnerets at the rear, Pisauridae spiders like this carry thm in their fangs.
Another shot of the same mother-to-be here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49720543638/