Invisible Spider - Drapetisca socialis
The white on the abdomen varies but the pattern on the carapace is recognisable. They are smallish spiders, up to 4 mm.
This spider is usually found on the lower trunks of trees, particularly Beech.
It spins a very fine web which is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Can be very common and is found over much of Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
1979 British records to Jan 2013
AJ Cann
Burrough Hill
29 July 2019
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
02 November 2009
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
02 November 2009
AJ Cann
Burrough Hill
29 July 2019
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
26 September 2021
David Gould
Martinshaw Wood
09 September 2011
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 02/11/2009 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 08/11/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 October 2016
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 October 2016
