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 36 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 36 confirmed sightings of Pisaura mirabilis (European Nursery Web Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 7, 2020 by Spider ID member aldonrb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 36 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: 36)
Sex: 1 female and 2 male.
Environment: Pisaura mirabilis has been sighted 33 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (14). On flower (1). Low foliage (13). 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.