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Eurasian Running Crab Spider

Philodromus dispar

530Records since 2000
MayPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar21
Apr74
May215
Jun93
Jul24
Aug16
Sep21
Oct14
Nov13
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England24
2Essex England16
3Worcestershire England15
4Cambridgeshire England13
5Telford and Wrekin England13
6Nottinghamshire England9
7Kent England8
8Devon England8
9Norfolk England7
10Sheffield England7
11Nottingham England7
12Rutland England6
13Sefton England6
14Oxfordshire England5
15Suffolk England4
483 England3 Scotland27 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
530
Peak month
May
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Philodromus dispar
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
207
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Philodromidae
Genus
Philodromus
Name with authority
Philodromus dispar Walckenaer, 1826
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140532 · GBIF 5169527