Stripe-legged Spider

Special features: As the name suggests, it has distinctive brown stripes on its legs. This six-eyed spider is in the same family as the woodlouse spider, and always looks exactly the same, whether a tiny spiderling or adult.

Latin name: Harpactea hombergii

Size: Around 6mm to 7mm

Distribution: Found throughout the UK.

Months seen: All year round

Habitat: Common in dry leaf litter, under bark, under stones, and sometimes in houses

Food: Small invertebrates