Gongylidium rufipes
A small dark bodied spider. Detailed examination is needed for correct identification.
Gongylidium rufipes occurs mainly in undergrowth and on bushes and trees in woodland but also in damp and wet situations and in a wide variety of other habitats including leaf litter.
Adults occur mostly in summer but may be found at any time of year.
The species is widespread in most of Britain except the extreme north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
4,687 British records for this species to 2014.
AJ Cann
Great Glen
25 January 2019
AJ Cann
Fosse Meadows
14 May 2021
male
AJ Cann
Fosse Meadows
14 May 2021
female
AJ Cann
Brocks Hill
28 December 2018
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
28 June 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 30
- First record:
- 27/05/1995 (Frankum, Maggie)
- Last record:
- 19/09/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Lucas Marsh
26 February 2020
Epigyne
AJ Cann
Leicester, Attenborough Arboretum
19 March 2020
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