The nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis is a spider species of the family Pisauridae.It was described in chapter 5 of the book Svenska Spindlar by the Swedish arachnologist and entomologist Carl Alexander Clerck.Males of this species offer food gifts to potential female mates. Some Pisaura mirabilis have also been observed to feign death remaining still while holding the food gift in their mouths.
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