Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) female holding her egg sac in sunshine to speed egg development, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

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Size: 3738px × 2492px
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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