Frontinellina frutetorum

Frontinellina frutetorum is a species of sheet weaver found in Europe, West and Central Asia and North Africa.

Description

This species has a reddish-brown front section and a black, oval rear section marked with white or yellow stripes. Its legs are reddish-yellow with dark bands at the joints. The female's abdomen is notably swollen and square-shaped from the side. Males are 5–6 mm long, and females are slightly larger at 5.5–6 mm.

Distribution

The species exhibits a vast Palearctic distribution.It is present in Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, entire Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.