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Autumn Spider

Metellina segmentata

726Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May14
Jun31
Jul39
Aug138
Sep252
Oct60
Nov18
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England122
2Highland Scotland63
3Gloucestershire England49
4Telford and Wrekin England31
5Nottinghamshire England22
6Devon England19
7Fife Scotland15
8Oxfordshire England12
9Isle of Anglesey Wales11
10Moray Scotland11
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
12Cambridgeshire England9
13Lincolnshire England9
14Gwynedd Wales9
15South Lanarkshire Scotland9
443 England166 Scotland52 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
726
Peak month
September
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Metellina segmentata
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
710
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Tetragnathidae
Genus
Metellina
Name with authority
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1609572 · GBIF 2151597