| Species | Ladybird spider - Eresus niger, spider |
| Habitat | LOWLAND HEATHLAND |
| Background and status |
Live underground in webbed burrows. The spiders eat beetles, earwigs, bees and woodlice. The spiders are up to 15mm long, black (or very dark) in colour and covered in fine hairs. Thought to be extinct since beginning of century but rediscovered in 1979. Today, only one site is known, in Dorset. |
| Main Threats | As there is only one known site, this makes the population very vulnerable. |
| Conservation and targets |
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