Summary details for Centromerita bicolor (Blackwall, 1833)

Species Details

Species name: Centromerita bicolor (Blackwall, 1833)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: tall sward & scrub

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 grass, moss and detritus in a wide range of habitats, including grasslands, heathland, bog, hedgerows, wasteland and allotments, but perhaps especially in improved and disturbed grasslands and other places with areas of open ground, often in taller grass than C. concinna. It is scarce on heathland. Adults of both sexes are recorded mainly in the autumn, winter and early spring, females persisting later, occasionally to late summer.

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: 1858
Last recorded: 2026
Total records: 4,684
Total visits: 4,480

Conservation status

Centromerita bicolor

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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