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National Distribution

About this species

Recorded altitude range
-4m to 955m

Species text

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

Habitat and ecology
P. palustris occurs on open sparsely vegetated and bare ground, in habitats including heathland, moorland, grasslands, flood meadows, arable land and waste ground. The species is noted as a successful aeronaut in Crocker & Daws (1996) and its preference for bare ground and success as an aeronaut may explain its colonisation of arable land and various other disturbed sites. Both sexes are adult in summer, occasionally into the 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

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Habitats

background methodology

Recorded management for locations with Pardosa palustris

Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Pardosa palustris

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