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title: "European Nursery Web spider"
description: "Pisaura mirabilis — Insetti e ragni. Pisaura mirabilis, also known as the predatory spider, cunning spider or bridal gift spider, belongs to the hunting spider family (Pisauridae) and the superfamily Lycosoidea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/european-nursery-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# European Nursery Web spider

> Pisaura mirabilis — Insetti e ragni. Pisaura mirabilis, also known as the predatory spider, cunning spider or bridal gift spider, belongs to the hunting spider family (Pisauridae) and the superfamily Lycosoidea.

- Scientific name: *Pisaura mirabilis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 64443
- Wikidata: [Q1548200](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1548200)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55787](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55787)

## Names

- en: European Nursery Web spider
- de: Listspinne
- es: Araña Ladrona
- fr: Pisaure admirable
- nl: Grote wolfspin
- pl: Darownik przedziwny

## Countries with the most observations

GB (11458), DE (9739), FR (8277), AT (4841), IT (3060), ES (3052), DK (2921), PL (2730), CZ (1829), NL (1650), RU (1473), PT (1450)

## Summary

Pisaura mirabilis, also known as the predatory spider, cunning spider or bridal gift spider, belongs to the hunting spider family (Pisauridae) and the superfamily Lycosoidea. It is widespread throughout Europe. In 2002, it was voted Spider of the Year by the Arachnological Society.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisaura_mirabilis

## Photo

![European Nursery Web spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-nursery-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anna C · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14712011

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-nursery-web-spider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).