Common Candy-striped Spider sensu lato - Enoplognatha ovata sensu lato
Approximately 6mm from front of head to back of abdomen. There is a pale creamy-green coloured variety (form lineata), a form with two red stripes along the abdomen (redimita form) and another variation where the two red stripes are replaced by a single thick red strip (form ovata). The black spots on both sides of the abdomen are present in all three forms.
This species can only be reliably separated from Enoplognatha latimana by detailed examination with a microscope or good lens.
Hedgerows, grassland and gardens.
May to October.
Feeds on small insects.
Common throughout Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Lostash
Whetstone Village
12 July 2009
redimita form
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
15 August 2012
lineata form - female - specimen examined
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
28 June 2019
Alan Semper
Harby garden
16 August 2017
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
29 June 2013
lineata form
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Theridiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 157
- First record:
- 23/06/1979 (Don Goddard)
- Last record:
- 04/09/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
23 June 2007
lineata form
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
27 August 2007
redimita form
