Talk:Pisaura mirabilis

Cross spider picture

The picture on the bottom left shows a spider that doesn't look like the ones in the other two pictures, but does look tremendously like a cross spider. I think the picture is wrongly named, and shouldn't be here. Jalwikip (talk) 15:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Krijoa00

Advice For Expanding Into Other Categories

I think it would be helpful to take some of the topics briefly mentioned in the life-cycle section out, and put them into their own separate section so that they could be fleshed out and perhaps move this article up to a B-class. For example, there is brief mention of the prey of the pisaura mirabillis (i.e. fruit flies, and cannibalism), and that the spiders use their silk to catch the prey, however the first half of this could be put into its own section of "diet," and a second section of "hunting techniques". Lilygreenberg

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Pisaura mirabilis is a species of arachnid in the family Pisauridae, the nursery web spiders. It has a palearctic distribution, being found all over Europe, and also inhabits the Canary Islands and Madeira, the Asian part of Russia, China and North Africa. It lives in all habitats but prefers wet environments, and inhabits all strata from the ground to the top of trees, at altitudes up to 1,100 metres (3,600 feet), but is not found under rocks or in caves. The spider has relatively long legs, the fourth pair being the longest, and a slender opisthosoma. Males are 10 to 13 millimetres (0.39 to 0.51 in) in length, while females are 12 to 15 millimetres (0.47 to 0.59 in). This photograph shows a female P. mirabilis spider carrying an egg sac, photographed at a lake near Wolvercote in Oxfordshire, England.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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