Clubiona pallidula

Description

Male: 6 to 9 mm; female: 7 to 13 mm. Prosoma yellow-brown to black, black margined. Chelicerae shiny dark blue to black. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma brown-black, white haired.

Similar Species

Other Clubiona species. 

Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)

Confirmation of this species requires examination of the genitals of mature specimens.

Recording advice

Microscopic examination of the genitalia is necessary to confirm identification.

Habitat

Typically found on trees and shrubs, on bark or by beating. An unusually high proportion of records are from gardens, both urban and suburban. It also occurs under stones, inside houses, outhouses and derelict buildings and in grassland. Overwinters under bark or in leaf litter.

Life History

Adults of both sexes are found mainly in late spring and summer, females occasionally until December.

UK Status

Local, but more common in the south of Britain.

VC55 Status

Widespread but under recorded. 

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Species profile

Species group:
Spiders
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Araneae
Family:
Clubionidae
Records on NatureSpot:
4
First record:
29/11/2019 (Cann, Alan)
Last record:
04/07/2024 (Calow, Graham)

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