| Records
from an area of heathland at Clumber Park in 2017
(Stockton, L. Harris, T. and Butler, M.)
and subsequent years, were the
first UK records of this species in over 50 years, after it was
previously thought to have been extinct. The only 20th Century records
were from
Legsheath and Duddleswell in Ashdown Forest and from two sites in East
Sussex, where it was last recorded in 1969
(Spider Recording Scheme website).
More recently there have been additional records from the same area of
Clumber, including two juveniles I recorded there in October 2019 and a
sub-adult/adult in February 2024. |
