Palliduphantes ericaeus

Palliduphantes ericaeus

Alternative names
Lepthyphantes ericaeus
Description

Male body length: 1.3 to 1.9 mm, Female body length: 1.3 to 2.4 mm. Prosoma yellow-brown, with dark margin. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma yellow-grey.

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

Male palp with slightly serrated end of lamella. Epigyne with flat scapus, hardly protruding. Lateral parts of epigyne approximately as long as wide, rounded.

Recording advice

Unless identified by a recognised expert, a photo is required and the specimen should be examined with a microscope. In the comments box, state the key or ID method used and describe the size and identifying characters.

Habitat

Generally found at or close to ground level amongst plant stems in heather and grasses. It occurs in damp grassland such as in marshes and around ponds, coarse grassland, chalk downland, heathland, as well as in the litter of broad-leaved and mixed woodlands. Essentially a ground zone species probably requiring fairly humid conditions for it has also been found in sewage filter beds.

When to see it

Adults are found throughout the year, mostly between late spring and autumn.

UK Status

The species is fairly common and widespread throughout most of Britain.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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