Oedothorax retusus
Males 2 mm, females 2.5 to 3 mm. Prosoma light to dark brown, margin and radial stripes darker, steeply ascending behind eyes. Legs yellow-orange. Opisthosoma grey.
Other Linyphiids.
Tibial spines: 2-2-2-2 / TmIV: no / TmI: 0.34-0.44
Confirmation of this species requires examination of the genitals of mature specimens.
Widespread, particularly in damp grassland.
All year
Widespread in Britain.
Most Leicestershire & Rutland records are from fields along the River Soar corridor.
AJ Cann
Everards Meadows
27 January 2020
AJ Cann
Everards Meadows
27 January 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 27/01/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 07/10/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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