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Description of Tenuiphantes mengei
Physical Characteristics
Colour variable.
Female 1.5 to 2.5 mm.
Abdomen yellow-brown to black-brown with brown, sometimes interrupted, chevrons with small white spots.
Carapace brown to black-brown.
Legs and palps yellow-brown with slightly darker joints.
Male 1.6 to 2.5 mm.
Almost identical drawn and colored like the female.
Habitat
In undergrowth and moss and under stones.
Distribution
Common in the whole of Europe.
Period
All year.