Cnephalocotes obscurus
Males 1.5 to 1.9mm, females 1.5 to 2 mm. Prosoma black-brown. Legs yellow-orange to brown. Opisthosoma dark grey to black with distinct impressed dots.
Confirmation of this species requires examination of the genitalia of mature specimens.
Found in a wide variety of habitats including acid, neutral and calcareous grassland, rocky moorland, broad-leaved woodland and disused quarries and gravel pits.
All year.
Widespread throughout much of Britain but with a patchy and scattered distribution.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Benscliffe Meadows
09 June 2020
Female
AJ Cann
Bardon Hill
09 August 2020
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
04 November 2020
Male
AJ Cann
Benscliffe Meadows
09 June 2020
Epigyne
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
04 November 2020
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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:
- 26/02/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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