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Purse-web spider

Atypus affinis

69Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar4
Apr2
May5
Jun8
Jul2
Aug7
Sep12
Oct8
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bristol, City of England28
2Worcestershire England9
3Surrey England5
4Gloucestershire England4
5Pembrokeshire Wales4
6Conwy Wales4
7Gwynedd Wales2
8Swansea Wales1
9Plymouth England1
57 England11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
69
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Atypus affinis
Group
Spiders
Conservation designations
Spider red data categories, Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Atypidae
Genus
Atypus
Name with authority
Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q136961 · GBIF 5171650