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Pirate Otter Spider

Pirata piraticus

528Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar4
Apr12
May52
Jun128
Jul104
Aug103
Sep24
Oct3
Nov0
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England52
2Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland35
3Highland Scotland31
4Gwynedd Wales27
5Cambridgeshire England26
6Isle of Anglesey Wales26
7Gloucestershire England21
8Kent England19
9Swansea Wales19
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland16
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
12Powys Wales15
13North Yorkshire England11
14Worcestershire England11
15Argyll and Bute Scotland9
246 England82 Scotland129 Wales65 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
528
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Pirata piraticus
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
508
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Lycosidae
Genus
Pirata
Name with authority
Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q140678 · GBIF 2146739