Saaristoa abnormis
Length 3-4mm. Prosoma red-brown with dark margin. Sternum red-brown, with black margin. Chelicerae dark brown, robust. Legs yellowish-brown, robust. Opisthosoma dark grey, almost black.
Microscopic examination of the genitalia is required to confirm this species.
Found in wide range of habitats including marshes, bogs, woodland and heath, beneath logs and rocks and amongst leaf litter.
Summer-Autumn
Widespread.
Widespread.
AJ Cann
Warren Hills
09 May 2022
female
AJ Cann
Warren Hills
09 May 2022
epigyne
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 01/07/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 09/05/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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