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Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

1,181Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar7
Apr115
May251
Jun226
Jul266
Aug175
Sep73
Oct21
Nov4
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England68
2Surrey England55
3Essex England47
4Somerset England39
5Kent England35
6Devon England35
7Bristol, City of England35
8Cornwall England29
9Dorset England27
10Cambridgeshire England23
11Worcestershire England20
12Sandwell England16
13Brighton and Hove England15
14Swansea Wales14
15Telford and Wrekin England14
1,094 England78 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,181
Peak month
July
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Misumena vatia
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
201
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire, Surrey
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Misumena
Name with authority
Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q742349 · GBIF 2165951