Donacochara speciosa
Length 4 to 5 mm. Prosoma yellow-brown. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma yellowish, pink or white with black pattern. Longitudinal band interrupted several times, merging with spots and transverse stripes posteriorly.
Microscopic examination of the genitalia is required to confirm this species.
Wet places such as fens and marshes, and in sewage beds, probably mainly in reed-beds.
All year.
Uncommon in Britain. Mostly confined to eastern England with occasional scattered records from elsewhere.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
19 August 2021
male
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
19 August 2021
palp
AJ Cann
Rutland Water NR
19 August 2021
palp
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 19/08/2021 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 19/08/2021 (Cann, Alan)
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