Summary details for Ero furcata (Villers, 1789)

Species Details

Species name: Ero furcata (Villers, 1789)
Synonyms: Ero thoracica C.L. Koch, 1836, Ero thoracicum (Wider, 1834), Ero variegata, Ero variegatum
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Mimetidae
habitat: tall sward & scrub

Distribution

The spider is widespread in Britain and Europe.

Habitat and ecology

This pirate spider is found on trees, bushes, low vegetation and in leaf litter in a variety of habitats. It has also been taken in an interstitial trap in coastal shingle. As with other members of the genus, this species is predatory on other, web-spinning spiders. It may be found in company with E. cambridgei. Both sexes are mature throughout the year, with peaks in the autumn and in spring and early summer.

Status

A common species throughout much of Britain. Original author of profile: P. Lee 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: 1886
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 2,129
Total visits: 2,095

Conservation status

Ero furcata

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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