Pisauridae
Pisauridae (nursery-web spiders; order Araneae, suborder Araneomorphae) Family of medium to large spiders, with long legs. The females carry the egg sac in the chelicerae and spin a nursery web tent for the hatchlings, which disperse after their second moult. The males often offer nuptial gifts.
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