Pisaura mirabilis
(European Nursery Web Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Pisaura mirabilis, commonly known as European Nursery Web Spider, belongs to the genus Pisaura, in the family Pisauridae. Pisaura mirabilis spiders have been sighted 37 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Pisaura mirabilis includes 8 countries and 0 states in the United States. Pisaura mirabilis is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Pisaura
Species: Pisaura mirabilis

Other Common Names

European Nursery Web Spider

Author

Clerck, 1757

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Sightings Overview

There have been 37 confirmed sightings of Pisaura mirabilis (European Nursery Web Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 1, 2023 by Spider ID member nod. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 37 sightings because of certain Pisaura mirabilis sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Pisaura mirabilis spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 37)
Sex: 1 female and 2 male.
Environment: Pisaura mirabilis has been sighted 34 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (14). On flower (1). Low foliage (14). Ground layer (4). Under rock or debris (1).

Location and Range

Pisaura mirabilis (European Nursery Web Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Ireland, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom.