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Black lace-weaver

Amaurobius ferox

272Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb17
Mar38
Apr45
May38
Jun32
Jul18
Aug8
Sep12
Oct14
Nov24
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England18
2Nottingham England10
3Surrey England8
4Devon England8
5Leeds England6
6Bath and North East Somerset England5
7Kent England4
8Cornwall England4
9Worcestershire England4
10Pembrokeshire Wales4
11Brighton and Hove England4
12Cambridgeshire England3
13East Riding of Yorkshire England3
14Essex England3
15North Yorkshire England3
243 England2 Scotland18 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
272
Peak month
April
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Amaurobius ferox
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
78
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Amaurobiidae
Genus
Amaurobius
Name with authority
Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830)
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2128637 · GBIF 2141593