Linyphia triangularis
The female is about 6 mm and the male slightly smaller at 5 mm. A small but well-marked spider with a tuning fork shaped mark on the carapace behind the eyes.
It can be found in bushes and vegetation.
Late Summer and Autumn.
Makes a sheet like web.
It is abundant and widespread in Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
7167 British records to Jan 2013
AJ Cann
Charnwood Lodge
17 August 2024
AJ Cann
Owston
07 September 2018
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
15 September 2011
AJ Cann
Owston
07 September 2018
AJ Cann
The Outwoods
18 January 2022
epigyne
AJ Cann
New Lount
20 August 2021
palp
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 41
- First record:
- 19/11/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 30/08/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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David Nicholls
Groby Pool
15 September 2005
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
12 July 2008
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
30 June 2011.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 July 2010
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
09 September 2011
AJ Cann
Owston
07 September 2018
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