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accidental introduction to the UK via the house plant
trade, has seen Uloborus plumipes become common
throughout much of the UK in glasshouses at Garden
Centres. It cannot survive our Winter outside. Originally
a species found in Europe, Africa and Asia, it first
appeared as long ago as 1990, at Garden Centres in
Reading, Liverpool and Southampton, and has since spread
and seems to be common where it occurs. We found it almost immediately, when we checked a Garden Centre at Mapperley, Nottingham in April 2010. Webs containing adults were found in the roof support frames of each glasshouse we checked. Also known as the Feather-legged Lace Weaver, Uloborus plumipes has a distinctive resting posture, making it difficult to find when on the stems of woody plants and shows a range of colour variations. |
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| UK distribution of Uloborus
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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