Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802)
A very distinctive and attractively marked spider, found on trees and bushes where it constructs an orb-web. Although widespread, this is not a common species and there are relatively few Sherwood Forest records. This Gibbaranea gibbosa was found on Pine at Budby South Forest in May 2010.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Gibbaranea gibbosa
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Howard Williams. Wil Heeney. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Tony Kavanagh.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2022
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