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Description of Lepthyphantes minutus
Physical Characteristics
Female 3.5 to 6 mm.
Abdomen brown with oblique black spots and numerous small white spots.
Carapace dark brown.
Legs and palps clearly light-dark annulated.
Male 3 to 4.5 mm.
Resembles the female, but the pattern on the abdomen is less clear.
Habitat
In forests under bark and burrows inside trees. Sometimes also in buildings.
Distribution
Common in the whole of Europe.
Period
All year.