Summary for Alopecosa pulverulenta (Araneae)

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Name: Alopecosa pulverulenta

Authority: (Clerck, 1757)

Order: Arachnida: Araneae

Family: Lycosidae

Records: 9475

First Record: 1861

Latest Record: 2013

1992-on hectads: 801

Pre-1992 hectads: 727

Total hectads: 1227

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Distribution
The species is widespread throughout most of Britain. It is widespread in western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology
The spider is found in many open habitats, including heathland, grasslands, moorland, dunes and old quarries and pits. It ascends to considerable altitudes (over 700 m in Dumfries-shire) where unusually large specimens are often found (J. Newton, pers. comm.). Large and distinctively marked specimens have also been found in Orkney (P. Merrett, pers. comm.) and in Caithness. Adults of both sexes are found from spring to mid-summer, occasionally later.

Status
Common.

Original author of profile: P.R. Harvey

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