Summary details for Pardosa amentata (Clerck, 1757)

Species Details

Species name: Pardosa amentata (Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms: Lycosa saccata (Linnaeus, 1758), Pardosa amentatus, Lycosa amentata (Clerck, 1757)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Lycosidae
habitat: acid & sedge peats

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 a wide range of open habitats, especially in damp situations. It has been recorded from grasslands, marshes, riversides, fens, saltmarsh, woodland clearings, hedge banks, moorland, blanket bog, waste ground, field margins and rarely heathland. In gardens this is usually the commonest Pardosa species. Adults of both sexes are found mainly in early to mid-summer, and sometimes again in early autumn.

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: 1820
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 11,869
Total visits: 11,788

Conservation status

Pardosa amentata

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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