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A male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) with long legs and brown body rests on a cluster of small white flowers with pink centers.
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A brown nursery web spider from the Pisauridae family clings to green leaves while carrying a round white egg sac beneath its body.
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Male nursery-web spider
A close-up view of a male nursery-web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) resting...
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A female nursery-web spider carrying her egg sac.
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