Nursery Web Spider in Bridgnorth
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Nursery Web Spider in Bridgnorth
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 9 Aug 2015
A female of the species Pisaura mirabilis, the common Nursery Web Spider, guarding the silk tent that she's erected over a nest of hatchlings. There were probably a couple of hundred young ones inside the tent, which affords them some protection until their first moult.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.532906
Longitude
-2.406536