- The
nursery web
spider Pisaura mirabilis is a
spider species of the
family Pisauridae.
Striking characteristics of
Pisaura mirabilis are its long legs...
-
Pisaura is a
genus of
Eurasian spiders in the
family Pisauridae.
Pisaura (at
least the
European species) vary in
colouration from
yellow and
bright brown...
- and katydids. They are less
common in spiders,
though the
spider species Pisaura mirabilis is
known for
nuptial gift giving. However, this may in part be...
- name "nursery web spider" is
especially given to the
European species Pisaura mirabilis.
Adult female specimens may
reach up to 15 mm in length, excluding...
- vitripennis, and the cricket,
Gryllus bimaculatus. In the
spider species Pisaura mirabilis, male
spiders often stage elaborate rituals of gift-giving and...
- Roewer, 1955 (type) —
Mozambique P.
somalicus Roewer, 1955 —
Djibouti Pisaura Pisaura Simon, 1886 P.
acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992 —
Azores P. anahitiformis...
- 14 68
Pimoidae 2 85
Pimoa cthulhu Pisauridae 51 353
nursery web
spiders Pisaura mirabilis Plectreuridae 2 31
Prodidomidae 23 192
Psechridae 2 61 Psilodercidae...
-
behavior comes with the risk of
scaring away
potential mates.
Males of the
Pisaura mirabilis species feign death to
avoid being cannibalized by a
female prior...
- P.
mirabilis may
refer to:
Pisaura mirabilis, a
spider species Proteus mirabilis, a Gram-negative,
facultatively anaerobic bacterium species Mirabilis...
- as an
adaptive male
mating strategy in the
nuptial gift–giving
spider Pisaura mirabilis. Behav. Ecol. 19, 546–551. Jones, T.C., Akoury, T.S., Hauser...
