Neoscona subfusca | UK Overseas Territories database of Alien Species

(C.L.Koch, 1837)

Arthropoda » Araneae » Araneidae » Neoscona subfusca

Common name

Hairy Field Spider; Common Orb-Web Spider

Informal group

Invertebrates » Spiders, harvestmen and other arachnids

Territories

Saint Helena

First record

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First record (range end date)

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Impact detail

Invasive. (Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury);

Impacts

Strong negative

Ecological impact detail

Environmental threat. (Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury);

Other notes

Native to Africa and Southern Europe. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.); Specimens possibly of this species were photographed in Half Tree Hollow in 2012 & 2018.

References

Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury; Key, R. (2024) St Helena terrestrial & freshwater invertebrate species list 2024 v13;