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Golden Lantern-spider

Agroeca cuprea

60Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
3Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul30
Aug30
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England30
2Norfolk England15
3Cambridgeshire England6

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
60
Peak month
July
Counties with records
3
Scientific name
Agroeca cuprea
Group
Spiders
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Liocranidae
Genus
Agroeca
Name with authority
Agroeca cuprea Menge, 1873
Described
1873

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2343186 · GBIF 2140927