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Araneus quadratus

1,008Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May9
Jun71
Jul189
Aug323
Sep274
Oct50
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland88
2Worcestershire England80
3Nottinghamshire England54
4Argyll and Bute Scotland39
5Dorset England32
6Norfolk England29
7Cumbria England23
8Gloucestershire England22
9Kingston upon Hull, City of England19
10Isle of Anglesey Wales18
11Cambridgeshire England17
12North Yorkshire England17
13York England17
14Gwynedd Wales16
15Cheshire East England15
680 England199 Scotland109 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,008
Peak month
August
Counties with records
78
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
581
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae
Genus
Araneus
Name with authority
Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q585674 · GBIF 2159735