Summary details for Segestria bavarica C.L. Koch, 1843

Species Details

Species name: Segestria bavarica C.L. Koch, 1843
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Segestriidae
habitat: sea cliff
habitat: short sward & bare ground

Distribution

This species is restricted to coastal regions of south west Britain, apart from records in North Wales from Puffin Island off Anglesey (Davies 1995) and the Great and Little Orme (Gallon 2001b). S. bavarica is widespread in western and central Europe, but not recorded from Ireland and only Sweden in Scandinavia.

Habitat and ecology

S. bavarica is confined to coastal regions where it can be found in cracks within rock outcrops or old walls. This species takes at least two years to reach maturity with adult males occurring over spring and summer whilst mature females can live for several years.

Status

There does not appear to be significant decline but very local in distribution.

Threats

There appear to be no major threats except for a limited amount of quarrying of cliff faces.

Management and conservation

Limit potential quarrying of cliffs. Text based on Dawson, I.K., Harvey, P.R., Merrett, P. & Russell-Smith, A.R. (in prep.).

Stats

First recorded: 1900
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 132
Total visits: 132

Conservation status

Segestria bavarica

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)	Rare and scarce species	Nationally Rare. Includes Red Listed taxa	42979
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	Any decline uncertain, and no threats identified. Threats: There appear to be no major threats except for a limited amount of quarrying of cliff faces.

Photos and media

Spatial distribution - hectad map

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