Summary for Pardosa amentata (Araneae)

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Name: Pardosa amentata

Authority: (Clerck, 1757)

Order: Arachnida: Araneae

Family: Lycosidae

Records: 9450

First Record: 1820

Latest Record: 2013

1992-on hectads: 1039

Pre-1992 hectads: 961

Total hectads: 1504

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About this species

Distribution
The species is widespread in much of Britain. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology
The spider occurs in a wide range of open habitats, especially in damp situations. It has been recorded from grasslands, marshes, riversides, fens, saltmarsh, woodland clearings, hedge banks, moorland, blanket bog, waste ground, field margins and rarely heathland. In gardens this is usually the commonest Pardosa species. Adults of both sexes are found mainly in early to mid-summer, and sometimes again in early autumn.

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