Species Details
- Species name
- Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)
- Synonyms
- Alopecosa pulverulentus, Alopecosa rapax Blackwall, 1841, Tarentula carinata (Olivier, 1789), Tarentula pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)
- Taxonomy
- Animalia :: Araneae :: Lycosidae
- tall sward & scrub
- upland
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.Stats
- First recorded
- 1862
- Last recorded
- 2025
- Total records
- 12,155
- Total visits
- 11,827
Conservation status
Alopecosa pulverulenta
| Source | Reporting category | Designation | Date designated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017) | Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelines | Least concern | 01/09/2017 |
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Temporal distribution - records by week
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