Gonatium rubens
A small, shiny, reddish brown spider.
Found in a variety of open habitats, in grass tussocks, mosses and gorse.
All year round peaking August to October, with female numbers spiking again in April and May.
Widespread and quite frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
5874 British records for this species to 2013.
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
20 October 2018
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
20 October 2018
AJ Cann
Oakham Brooke Hill
31 January 2023
AJ Cann
Oadby Washbrook Lane
29 September 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 03/06/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 24/01/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
20 October 2018
