Spiders of the Netherlands
Pisauridae
- Nursery web spiders
Pisaura
The family Pisauridae (Nursery web spiders) is represented in the Netherlands by 2 genera.
Pisaurids occuring in the Netherlands do not spin a web and live on the ground or on
plants. The females carry their egg sacs in the chelicerae, under the sternum. Prior
to the hatching of the eggs, the females place their egg sac in a specially built
nursery web. They guard the spiderlings for some time after they leave the eggs.
| external reference |
| Nederlands soortenregister |
| the taxonomicon |
| World Spider Catalog (v10.0) |
| images |
| Tierdoku |
| Ed Nieuwenhuys |
| Jorgen Lissner |
| Le monde des insectes |
| Search for Pisauridae |
| Search with Google |
| Properties family Pisauridae |
| legs: |
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three tarsal claws |
| abdomen: |
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elongated, tapering towards end |