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Common Fox Spider

Alopecosa pulverulenta

541Records since 2000
MayPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar13
Apr62
May172
Jun76
Jul72
Aug44
Sep17
Oct10
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland50
2Dorset England42
3Isle of Anglesey Wales39
4Worcestershire England36
5Cambridgeshire England33
6Pembrokeshire Wales28
7Gloucestershire England25
8Gwynedd Wales24
9Carmarthenshire Wales17
10North Yorkshire England15
11Oxfordshire England13
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
13Norfolk England10
14Suffolk England9
15Ceredigion Wales9
302 England67 Scotland152 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
541
Peak month
May
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Alopecosa pulverulenta
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
468
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Lycosidae
Genus
Alopecosa
Name with authority
Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1759708 · GBIF 2147438