Clubiona subtilis
Length 2-4mm. Prosoma light brown to brown. Chelicerae red-brown. Legs light yellow. Opisthosoma light brown to brown.
Microscopic examination of the genitalia is necessary to confirm identification.
A wetland species of bogs, wet meadows and reedbeds. Little is known of the ecology of this species.
Adults of both sexes have been recorded almost throughout the year, but mainly in spring/early summer and the autumn.
Widespread but local in East Anglia, near the coast in Wales and south-eastern England, and on southern heathlands, but records elsewhere are very scattered.
Rare.
AJ Cann
Rutland Water
05 June 2026
female
AJ Cann
Rutland Water
05 June 2026
epigyne
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Species profile
- Species group:
- spider (Araneae)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Clubionidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 05/06/2026 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 05/06/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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