Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802)
A spider of southern counties of the UK and with no traceable records from adjacent counties, this seems to be the first Nottinghamshire record and the most northerly in the UK to date. There are known records from Staffordshire and Norfolk. Found at Eakring Meadows in June 2019 (Pendleton, T.A. and Pendleton, D.T.), the female in the upper four photograophs was swept from grassy, pondside vegetation. It remained the county's only record for a number of year, but 2024 has seen records from the former Calverton Colliery (Brownley, N and Brownley, S.) Bestwood (Parkin, S.), Mapperley, Gibraltar Plantation and Clumber Park (Pendleton, T.A.) and Bevercotes Pit Wood (Brownley, N and Brownley, S.). Obviously, a species very much on the increase in Nottinghamshire.
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Juvenile/sub-adult on Scot's Pine. Photographed at Gibraltar Plantation late April 2024.
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Mangora acalypha 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nick and Samantha Brownley. Sandra Parkin.

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Updated August 2024

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