What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Cricket Bat Spider been recorded?

Mangora acalypha occurrence evidence comes from 2,239 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1946 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

ArachnidaAraneaeAraneidaeMangora

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,239 records across 30 countries and territories, 1946–2026.

Mangora acalypha · GBIF taxon key 2159061

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19462026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Cricket Bat Spider has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Cricket Bat Spider. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 1,306
United Kingdom 214
Germany 138
Greece 131
France 112
Austria 73
Belgium 40
Portugal 35
Luxembourg 30
Denmark 27
Italy 26
Spain 25
Russia 17
Netherlands 13
Ukraine 12
Hungary 5
Poland 5
Bulgaria 4
Czechia 4
Slovenia 4
Türkiye 3
Uzbekistan 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2
Cyprus 2
Croatia 2
Lithuania 2
Azerbaijan 1
Switzerland 1
Georgia 1
Iraq 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.