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National Distribution

About this species

Recorded altitude range
0m to 750m

Species text

Distribution
The species has a widespread but patchy and scattered Distribution: in Britain, mainly in the south. It is widespread in western and central Europe as far north as southern Norway.

Habitat and ecology
Locket and Millidge (1951) state the species occurs fairly commonly on bushes and in undergrowth. However habitat data available suggest the spider favours warm, dry conditions, provided by open and sparsely vegetated habitats such as ruderal habitats, dunes, vegetated shingle, under-cliffs, old sand and chalk pits, south facing scarps, chalk and drier parts of grazing marsh grasslands. Adults of both sexes are found mainly in May and June, but females can sometimes survive into the autumn.

Status
Local.

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

Adult Season

Habitats

background methodology

Recorded management for locations with Xysticus kochi

Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Xysticus kochi

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