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Crab spider

Xysticus kochi

121Records since 2000
MayPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb6
Mar2
Apr7
May39
Jun24
Jul19
Aug7
Sep9
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales15
2Dorset England14
3Pembrokeshire Wales11
4Cambridgeshire England10
5Carmarthenshire Wales10
6Norfolk England8
7Gloucestershire England7
8Devon England6
9Gwynedd Wales5
10Oxfordshire England4
11Kent England2
12Cornwall England2
13Herefordshire, County of England2
14Isle of Wight England2
15Suffolk England1
56 England51 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
121
Peak month
May
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Xysticus kochi
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
106
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Xysticus
Name with authority
Xysticus kochi Thorell, 1872
Described
1872

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140609 · GBIF 2165357