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Giant House Spider

Eratigena atrica

124Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May11
Jun16
Jul5
Aug18
Sep64
Oct7
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England3
2Perth and Kinross Scotland2
3Sefton England1
4Ceredigion Wales1
5Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
7 England2 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
124
Peak month
September
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Eratigena atrica
Group
Spiders
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Agelenidae
Genus
Eratigena
Name with authority
Eratigena atrica (C.L.Koch, 1843)
Described
1843

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1071758 · GBIF 7783291