Summary details for Neriene montana (Clerck, 1757)

Species Details

Species name: Neriene montana (Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms: Linyphia montana (Clerck, 1757), Linyphia resupina subsp. domestica (Degeer, 1778), Linyphia montanus
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: shaded woodland floor

Distribution

The species is widespread in much of England from Yorkshire southwards, but scattered and patchy in the south-west, Wales and north of Britain, and absent from northern Scotland. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

The species is found on low vegetation and bushes, mostly in woodland, but also in churchyards and other shady places. It over-winters in dry litter, including accumulations in brushwood on the side of tree trunks, in leaf litter and under dead wood. Adults of both sexes are found in late spring and early summer with females occasionally persisting until late summer. Adults of both sexes are sometimes recorded at other times of year.

Status

Common. Original author of profile: D. Marriott 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: 2025
Total records: 3,772
Total visits: 3,679

Conservation status

Neriene montana

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	42979

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