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Cobweb Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

1,647Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb44
Mar61
Apr177
May176
Jun206
Jul218
Aug213
Sep191
Oct147
Nov85
Dec60

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England69
2Essex England49
3Sefton England47
4York England40
5North Yorkshire England38
6Kingston upon Hull, City of England32
7Kent England31
8Norfolk England25
9Highland Scotland25
10Cambridgeshire England24
11East Riding of Yorkshire England24
12Gloucestershire England24
13Cornwall England23
14Sheffield England23
15Worcestershire England22
1,441 England113 Scotland72 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,647
Peak month
July
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Pholcus phalangioides
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
413
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Pholcidae
Genus
Pholcus
Name with authority
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1164137 · GBIF 2149937