Phrurolithus festivus
An ant mimic and a distinctive and well marked small spider.
Often found on the ground or under stones etc.
All year round.
It is surface active during the daytime and is often found in the company of ants.
Phrurolithus festivus is fairly frequent in southern Britain, less common further north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
2,816 British records for this species to 2015.
AJ Cann
Cloud Wood
04 April 2023
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
14 June 2020
Female
AJ Cann
Cloud Wood
04 April 2023
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
14 June 2020
Epigyne
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
14 June 2020
Vulva
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
02 July 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Corinnidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 22
- First record:
- 03/06/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 04/04/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
07 April 2019
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
10 May 2011
