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Description of Phylloneta impressa
Physical Characteristics
Strongly resembles Phylloneta sisyphia.
Female 3.5 to 5.5 mm.
Abdomen yellowish with a pattern of slanting black spots and white stripes and sometimes reddish spots. Furthermore, there is a very pale colour variant that occurs in Southern Europe.
Carapace yellowish with a black median band and a black band along the edge.
Legs and palps yellowish or reddish brown with dark annulations.
Male 2.5 to 5.5 mm.
Markings and colours almost identical to the female.
Habitat
In various areas in plants and shrubs.
Distribution
Common in the whole of Europe.
Period
Spring and summer. Females until winter.