Summary details for Kaestneria pullata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)

Species Details

Species name: Kaestneria pullata (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863)
Synonyms: Bathyphantes pullatus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1863), Kaestneria pullata subsp. crucigera
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: acid & sedge peats

Distribution

The species is widespread in much of Britain, becoming scattered in the north. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

K. pullata is typically associated with wetland habitats such as marshland, reed-beds, alder carr, upland bogs, seeps and drainage ditches where it lives amongst low vegetation. The spider is also found in grasslands and broad-leaved woodland (Crocker & Daws 1996). Adults have been recorded throughout the year, but mainly in the summer.

Status

Common in wetland habitats. Original author of profile: R.C. Gallon 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: 1896
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 4,118
Total visits: 3,973

Conservation status

Kaestneria pullata

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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