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Xysticus cristatus is common in many different habitats and frequently found. Other species are less common or have a narrower range of habitats and, so, are found less often.
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Diaea dorsata | |
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I find this spider most commonly in oak trees, but occasionally on other trees such as yew. |
Xysticus audax | ||
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I have only come across this species in gorse, several feet above ground level. The wedge shaped marking on the cephalothorax is shorter than in X. cristatus. |
Xysticus erraticus | ||
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I have found this at, or close to, ground level on several sandy (breckland) heaths in Norfolk & Suffolk. |
female | male |
Ozyptila trux | ||
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Fairly common. The spider in the photograph was found in leaf litter below trees on a nature reserve. |
Ozyptila atomaria | ||
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These spiders were found in a grassy meadow on light sandy soil at Lackford Lakes, Suffolk. |
female | male |
Ozyptila brevipes | ||
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Quite common in wet places such as fen or marshland. It's easy to find in reed litter at ground level, but I've also found it in sedge tussocks. |
Ozyptila sanctuaria | ||
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One of the smaller members of the genus. It can be quite numerous on sandy soils with a sparse vegetation covering. |
female | male |