Leptorhoptrum robustum
Length 3 to 4.8 mm. Prosoma brown, with dark margin and radial stripes. Sternum brown, tinged with black. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey to almost black.
Confirmation to species level requires examination of the genitalia of mature specimens.
Found in a wide range of damp habitats but often associated with sewage treatment plants.
Summer-Autumn.
Widespread but scattered in Britain.
Locally common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Park
15 March 2022
female
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Park
15 March 2022
epigyne
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- Spiders
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- Records on NatureSpot:
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- First record:
- 12/03/2022 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 15/03/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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