How to Identify - _TNY_5148
Identifying spiders can be done in many ways. One way is to look at the eye arangements with a line of four smaller eyes below two larger (plus two on the side). That tells that this one from Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden, belongs to either Lycosidae or Pisauridae.
Then, the fashion of holding the two front legs on either side together like this can tell it is a Pisauridae for sure.
Just three Pisauridae species in Sweden so almost there, so the white sideburns is a seal for the nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis).
This spider has gotten its name because the female builds a nursery web where the eggs in her egg sac hatches and where the spiderlings spend their first time while she guards them.
Unfortunately, this behaviour is the same for all Pisauridae spiders so the name is a bit silly to be honest.
This particular specimen was quite small (more like 5 mm than the adult 12) so clearly a juvenile.
How to Identify - _TNY_5148
Identifying spiders can be done in many ways. One way is to look at the eye arangements with a line of four smaller eyes below two larger (plus two on the side). That tells that this one from Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden, belongs to either Lycosidae or Pisauridae.
Then, the fashion of holding the two front legs on either side together like this can tell it is a Pisauridae for sure.
Just three Pisauridae species in Sweden so almost there, so the white sideburns is a seal for the nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis).
This spider has gotten its name because the female builds a nursery web where the eggs in her egg sac hatches and where the spiderlings spend their first time while she guards them.
Unfortunately, this behaviour is the same for all Pisauridae spiders so the name is a bit silly to be honest.
This particular specimen was quite small (more like 5 mm than the adult 12) so clearly a juvenile.