Microlinyphia pusilla
This was found by suction sampling in a field recently taken out of production ready for heathland restoration. It was immature when the live photos below were taken but had moulted into adult by the time I examined it (no photos of it as such as it was dead and discoloured by the time I noticed). The epigyne allowed it to be confidently separated from Microlinyphia impigra.
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, Stanton Heath, 4-Mar-25 (A) (1).jpg)
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female Microlinyphia pusilla showing epigyne (3 views), Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 4th March 2025
This one's epigyne didn't seem to be fully formed so I assume it was immature. The identification is therefore not confirmed genitalically but I don't think it's probably safe to call it. This was also found by suction, in lowland meadow.
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immature female Microlinyphia pusilla, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 25th August 2025