Tenuiphantes zimmermanni
A small and quite distinctive spider, but there are similar species and identification really requires examination under a microscope.
A woodland species found in leaf litter and under logs.
All year round.
Widespread throughout much of Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Charley Burrow Wood
22 October 2025
AJ Cann
Priors Coppice
18 October 2025
male
AJ Cann
Charley Burrow Wood
22 October 2025
AJ Cann
Priors Coppice
18 October 2025
male
AJ Cann
Priors Coppice
26 July 2020
epigyne
AJ Cann
Martinshaw Wood
04 August 2019
AJ Cann
Cloud Wood
17 December 2018
AJ Cann
Priors Coppice
26 July 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 21
- First record:
- 13/04/1997 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Martinshaw Wood
04 August 2019
AJ Cann
Little Stretton
09 December 2019
