Arctosa leopardus
Length 5 to 10 mm. Prosoma red-brown, dark. Legs reddish yellow, annulated. Opisthosoma dark, median with slender, arrow-shaped, yellowish longitudinal stripe, posteriorly 2 rows of yellow-greenish spots.
Identification of this species "Requires examination at high magnification in good lighting, typically examination of the genitalia." Bee, L., Oxford, G., & Smith, H. (2020). Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide. Second Edition. Princeton University Press.
Near water, in moss and humid ground litter.
Summer
Widespread in Wales, scattered in England.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
21 July 2021
female
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
23 July 2021
male
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
23 July 2021
palp
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
21 July 2021
epigyne
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
21 July 2021
vulva
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Lycosidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 21/07/2021 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 22/05/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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