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Xysticus cristatus

853Records since 2000
JunePeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar7
Apr32
May132
Jun179
Jul131
Aug74
Sep62
Oct15
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England152
2Highland Scotland40
3Pembrokeshire Wales39
4Gloucestershire England36
5Cambridgeshire England33
6Dorset England30
7Gwynedd Wales27
8Nottinghamshire England26
9Isle of Anglesey Wales26
10Telford and Wrekin England25
11Swansea Wales24
12Norfolk England20
13Argyll and Bute Scotland20
14Ceredigion Wales19
15Cornwall England17
536 England100 Scotland184 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
853
Peak month
June
Counties with records
60
Group
Spiders
NBN Atlas records since 2000
874
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Xysticus
Name with authority
Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757)
Described
1757
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q900724 · GBIF 2165052