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Toad Spider

Nuctenea umbratica

1,272Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan50
Feb39
Mar71
Apr126
May137
Jun108
Jul139
Aug155
Sep143
Oct128
Nov59
Dec43

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England76
2Highland Scotland73
3Surrey England39
4Gloucestershire England34
5Kent England30
6Bristol, City of England26
7Norfolk England23
8Devon England20
9Cambridgeshire England18
10York England18
11Telford and Wrekin England17
12Essex England15
13North Yorkshire England13
14Sefton England12
15Cumbria England11
1,047 England130 Scotland56 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,272
Peak month
August
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Nuctenea umbratica
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
619
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae
Genus
Nuctenea
Name with authority
Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1624740 · GBIF 2158999