Dismodicus bifrons
Males: 1.7 to 2.1 mm, Females: 2 to 2.5 mm.
- Tibial spines: 1111.
- TmIV present.
- Epigyne/palps characteristic.
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An actively ballooning spider particularly abundant in grassland and scrub.
Spring to Autumn.
Widespread throughout much of Britain.
Under-recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
09 June 2019
AJ Cann
Owston Woods
26 May 2020
male
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
09 June 2019
AJ Cann
Knighton
08 May 2020
Epigyne
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
09 June 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 25
- First record:
- 03/06/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 30/05/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Knighton
08 May 2020
Female
