Robertus lividus
Length 2.5 to 4.5 mm. Prosoma yellowish red-brown. Opisthosoma yellowish grey to almost black.
Examination of the genitalia of mature specimens is required to confirm this species.
A ground living species found under stones, in leaf litter and moss.
All year round.
Widespread in Britain.
Not uncommon in suitable habitat in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
13 January 2023
female
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
13 January 2023
AJ Cann
Evereards Meadows
04 March 2023
male
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
13 January 2023
epigyne
AJ Cann
Evereards Meadows
04 March 2023
palp
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
13 January 2023
vulva
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Theridiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 01/07/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 04/03/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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