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Biodiversity on the Dundreggan Estate
Arachnids recorded on Dundreggan

This list has been compiled from the species recorded by Alastair Lavery during his survey of the estate in 2009. Some species have been added from the observations of Trees for Life staff and Jane Bowman. The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus.


Acari (mites, ticks etc.)

  
Artacris cephalonea Gall mite on sycamore
  
Cecidophyopsis betulae Gall mite
  
Eriophyes inangulis Alder gall mite
  
Ixodes ricinus Deer or sheep tick
  
Phyllocoptes populi Gall mite
Phytoptus padi Gall mite
  
  

Araneae (spiders)

  
Agyneta olivacea
Alopecosa pulverulenta A wolf spider
Amaurobius fenestralis
Amaurobius similis
Anyphaena accentuata Buzzing spider
Araneus alsine
Araneus diadematus Garden orb-web spider or garden cross spider
Araneus quadratus An orb web spider
Araniella cucurbitina sensu stricto
Araniella cucurbitina sensu lato
 
Bathyphantes gracilis
Bathyphantes parvulus
Bolyphantes alticeps
Bolyphantes luteolus
 
Centromerita concinna
Ceratinella brevipes
Ceratinella brevis
Clubiona compta
Clubiona diversa
Clubiona reclusa
Clubiona trivialis
Cryphoeca silvicola
Cyclosa conica
 
Dictyna arundinacea
Dipoena torva
Dismodicus bifrons
Drapetisca socialis
Drassodes cupreus
 
Enoplognatha ovata sensu stricto
Erigone atra
Erigone dentipalpis
Erigonella hiemalis
Ero cambridgei
Evarcha falcata
 
Gonatium rubens
 
Hahnia helveola
Hahnia montana
Haplodrassus sp
Helophora insignis
 
Larinioides cornutus
Latithorax faustus
Lepthyphantes alacris
Lepthyphantes cristatus
Lepthyphantes expunctus
Lepthyphantes flavipes
Lepthyphantes mengei
Lepthyphantes obscurus
Lepthyphantes tenebricola
Lepthyphantes tenuis
Lepthyphantes zimmermanni
Linyphia triangularis
Lophomma punctatum
 
Macrargus rufus
Meioneta beata
Meioneta mossica
Metellina mengei
Metellina merianae
Metellina segmentata sensu lato
Microlinyphia pusilla
Microneta viaria
Minyriolus pusillus
Monocephalus fuscipes
 
Neon reticulatus
Neriene peltata
 
Oonops pulcher
Ozyptila trux
 
Pachygnatha degeeri
Paidiscura pallens
Pardosa lugubris sensu stricto
Pardosa lugubris/saltans
Pardosa pullata
Peponocranium ludicrum
Philodromus aureolus
Philodromus margaritatusLichen running spider
Pirata piraticus
Pisaura mirabilis Nursery web spider/ tent spider
Pityohyphantes phrygianus
Pocadicnemis pumila Sensu stricto
Poeciloneta variegata
Pseudeuophyrs erratica
 
Robertus arundineti
Robertus lividus
 
Saaristoa abnormis
Savignia frontata
Segestria senoculata
 
Tapinopa longidens
Tetragnatha extensa
Tetragnatha montana
Theridion impressum
Theridion varians
Tibellus oblongus
Tiso vagans
 
Xysticus cristatus
Xysticus ulmi
 
Zora spinimana
  
  

Opiliones (harvestmen)

  
Lacinius ephippiatus
Lophopilio palpinalis
  
Mitopus morio  
  
Nemastoma bimaculatum 
  
Oligolophus tridens
Oligolophus hanseni
  
Paroligolophus agrestis
Phalangium opilio
  
  

Pseudoscorpiones

  
Neobisium muscorum
  
  

Total: 109 species

 

Return to Biological Diversity on Dundreggan

Acari Galls

Galls induced by a mite (Cecidophyopsis betulae) on the underside of the leaf of a silver birch (Betula pendula) on Dundreggan.

 

Mites in gall

Gall mites (Cecidophyopsis betulae) inside the gall they've induced on the birch leaf on Dundreggan. Photo by Rex Hancy.

 

Deer tick nymph

Adult deer tick (Ixodes ricinus) on Dundreggan.

 

Galls

Galls induced by a mite (Phyllocoptes populi) on an aspen leaf on Dundreggan.

 

Galls

Galls induced by a mite (Phytoptus padi) on the leaf of a bird cherry (Prunus padus) on Dundreggan.

 

Araneae

Wolf spider

Female wolf spider (Alopecosa pulverulenta) with egg sac on Dundreggan.

 

Wolf spider

Female wolf spider (Alopecosa pulverulenta) transporting her babies on her back on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Female spider (Araneus alsine) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Garden orb web spider (Araneus diadematus) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Orb web spider (Araneus quadratus) on a Scots pine on Dundreggan. Photo by Jane Bowman.

 

Spider

Cucumber spider (Arianella cucurbitina) on nettle leaf (Urtica dioica) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Ground spider (Drassodes cupreus) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Jumping spider (Evarcha falcata) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Female spider (Helophora insignis) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Spider (Larinoides cornutus) found on dwarf birch (Betula nana) on Dundreggan. .

 

Spider

Female spider (Linyphia triangularis) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Female spider (Lophomma punctatum) found on an alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Orb web spider (Metellina mengei) with a fly (Bibio marci) caught in its web on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Adult female spider (Microlinyphia pusilla) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Male wolf spider (Pardosa lugubris) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Female wolf spider (Pardosa pullata) with egg sac on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Female wolf spider (Pardosa pullata) with babies on her back on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Female spider (Philodromus aureolus) on a nettle leaf (Urtica dioica) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Lichen running spider (Philodromus margaritatus) superbly camouflaged on cudbear lichen (Ochrolechia tartarea) on a birch tree (Betula pubescens) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Immature female spider (Tetragnatha montana) on Dundreggan.

 

Spider

Immature female crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) on Dundreggan.

 

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