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Diaea dorsata

765Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan50
Feb33
Mar46
Apr65
May46
Jun37
Jul29
Aug41
Sep47
Oct58
Nov87
Dec168

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England57
2Worcestershire England42
3Surrey England20
4Cambridgeshire England13
5Essex England13
6Oxfordshire England12
7Devon England12
8Telford and Wrekin England12
9Nottinghamshire England10
10Kent England9
11Norfolk England6
12Rutland England6
13Monmouthshire Wales5
14Suffolk England4
15Powys Wales4
748 England8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
765
Peak month
December
Counties with records
25
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
206
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Diaea
Name with authority
Diaea dorsata (Fabricius, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1425775 · GBIF 2165401