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Metellina merianae

355Records since 2000
JunePeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb9
Mar36
Apr42
May39
Jun46
Jul33
Aug10
Sep23
Oct34
Nov12
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England60
2Worcestershire England23
3Devon England16
4Telford and Wrekin England16
5Highland Scotland13
6Gwynedd Wales13
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
8North Yorkshire England8
9Pembrokeshire Wales8
10Bristol, City of England8
11Swansea Wales8
12Cornwall England7
13Surrey England6
14Monmouthshire Wales6
15Nottinghamshire England5
232 England38 Scotland60 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
355
Peak month
June
Counties with records
55
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
241
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Tetragnathidae
Genus
Metellina
Name with authority
Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1313460 · GBIF 2151599