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Cobweb weaver

Steatoda nobilis

1,685Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan65
Feb61
Mar87
Apr131
May103
Jun133
Jul218
Aug247
Sep196
Oct209
Nov141
Dec84

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England141
2Kent England59
3Surrey England50
4Cambridgeshire England43
5Somerset England41
6York England35
7Devon England32
8Cornwall England29
9Bristol, City of England29
10Gloucestershire England25
11Suffolk England23
12Norfolk England22
13Dorset England21
14Sefton England17
15Kingston upon Hull, City of England16
1,590 England4 Scotland84 Wales4 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
1,685
Peak month
August
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Steatoda nobilis
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
178
Most recorded in
Essex, Kent, Surrey
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Theridiidae
Genus
Steatoda
Name with authority
Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875)
Described
1875
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1313475 · GBIF 2157203