Theridion varians
A small variable species. The abdomen is usually a pale green, and often brightly patterned with red, but some individuals show very little red in the pattern.
Trees, bushes and fences.
Summer - peak May to July.
Makes a small tangled web amongst foliage.
Common and widespread throughout Britain, fewer records from Wales and the south west.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
4297 British records to Jan 2013
AJ Cann
Knighton
10 May 2019
Female
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
09 June 2019
AJ Cann
Knighton
10 May 2019
Female
AJ Cann
Knighton
10 May 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Theridiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 22
- First record:
- 30/06/1996 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 07/06/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Croft Pasture
22 May 2022
palp
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Park
13 July 2023
epigyne
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
09 June 2019
Vulva
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
09 June 2019
Epigyne with mating plug
