Summary for Entelecara flavipes (Araneae)

previous species | next species

National Distribution

Logged-on? click on dot to query records. Please note our
Terms of Use. Double-click on map to go to region

View time series maps for Entelecara flavipes

Identification difficulty rating: 3

Name: Entelecara flavipes

Authority: (Blackwall, 1834)

Order: Arachnida: Araneae

Family: Linyphiidae

National Rarity status: NS

IUCN status: LC

Records: 358

First Record: 1840

Latest Record: 2024

1992-on hectads: 90

Pre-1992 hectads: 38

Total hectads: 117

Explore Regional Distribution

Please log on and add a note on this species

Missing records?

About this species

Recorded altitude range
4m to 700m

Species text

Distribution
The species is widespread in southern England, but otherwise has a very scattered distribution in Britain, with only a few older records from northern England and Scotland. It is fairly widespread in north-western and central Europe, but in Scandinavia apparently recorded only from Norway.

Habitat and ecology
Calcareous grassland and woodland. E. flavipes is mainly found on calcareous grassland and by beating bushes and vegetation in woodland. It is adult in the summer, our data indicating a peak in June.

Status
Recorded from 48 hectads since 1992 and increasing, though uncommon and local.

Threats
Loss of calcareous grassland to intensive agriculture remains a threat, although a declining one, in some areas.

Management and conservation
Ensure unimproved calcareous grassland is not converted to intensive agricultural use.

Text based on Dawson, I.K., Harvey, P.R., Merrett, P. & Russell-Smith, A.R. (in prep.). References

Adult Season

Adult Season Data (based on 213 records with adult season information)

Habitats

background methodology

Broad Habitat Data (based on 127 records with habitat information)

Broad subhabitat Data (based on 12 records with subhabitat information)

Structural Habitat Data (based on 103 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 127 records with habitat detail and method information)

Structural habitat by month

Recorded management for locations with Entelecara flavipes

Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Entelecara flavipes

Images

sorry, no pictures available for this species yet - if you have an image please log on and upload it