Summary for Agroeca proxima (Araneae)

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National Distribution

 
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Identification difficulty rating: 3
Name: Agroeca proxima
Authority: (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Order: Arachnida: Araneae
Family: Liocranidae

Records: 3601
First Record: 1879
Latest Record: 2011

1992-on hectads: 262
Pre-1992 hectads: 401
Total hectads: 563

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About this species

Distribution
The species is widely distributed throughout Britain. It is fairly widespread in north-western and central Europe as far north as Sweden.

Habitat and ecology
This nocturnal hunter is ground living with a preference for fairly dry habitats amongst leaf litter, grasses, heather and other low vegetation. It is one of the commonest species on heathland. As with A. brunnea, the egg-sac is attached to a stem of grass or other low plant and surrounded by a protective silk chamber which is covered by soil particles (Roberts 1995). Adults of both sexes are found mainly in late summer and autumn, occasionally into late winter and spring with females persisting into the summer.

Status
Fairly common.

Original author of profile: R. Ruffell

Text based on Harvey, P.R., Nellist, D.R. & Telfer, M.G. (eds) 2002. Provisional atlas of British spiders (Arachnida, Araneae), Volumes 1 & 2. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.  References

Adult Season

Adult Season Data (based on 1084 records with adult season information)


Habitats

background methodology

Broad Habitat Data (based on 1274 records with habitat information)

Broad subhabitat Data (based on 18 records with subhabitat information)

Structural Habitat Data (based on 1094 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 1216 records with habitat detail and method information)

Structural habitat by month

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Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Agroeca proxima

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