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Fen Raft Spider

Dolomedes plantarius

201Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
2Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr9
May6
Jun2
Jul49
Aug61
Sep23
Oct40
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales30
2Norfolk England3
16 England185 Wales

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

About this species

Records since 2000
201
Peak month
August
Counties with records
2
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Dolomedes plantarius
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
198
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Pisauridae
Genus
Dolomedes
Name with authority
Dolomedes plantarius (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2090659 · GBIF 2150951