Nursery-web spiders (Pisaurina sp.) are large,hairy spiders in the family Pisauridae. These spiders are patterned with black,brown,and gray markings. Although very difficult to distinguish from wolf spiders,nursery-web spiders are usually slimmer in build than wolf spiders. Like all spiders,nursery-web spiders have 8 legs,2 body parts,and fangs (called chelicerae). Nursery-web spiders have 8 eyes. After laying her eggs,a female nursery-web spider will wrap them into a silk eggsac. She will then carry the eggsac in her chelicerae until hatching time. When hatching time arrives,the female will build a nursery in which the eggs can hatch. The nursery consists of a few leaves woven together with silk. This forms a protective pocket into which the eggsac is placed. Georgia |