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Lacinius ephippiatus (CL. Koch)
National status Common County status Essex Common
Frequency Ratio 1.7 Tetrad Percentage 7.2 Tetrad Frequency 22.6 Monad Frequency 18.1
Distribution
Widely distributed and common in the
county.
Habitat and Ecology
The species has been found in deciduous
and mixed woodland along the ride edges
and in leaf litter, on dunes, landslips and in
various grassland and marsh habitats
including acid grassland, grazing marsh
grassland, meadows and roadside verges. It
seems to be particularly associated with
damper conditions.
Adults have been recorded from May to
September with a very pronounced peak in
numbers during June and July.
Threats
Adults
Not threatened
Odiellus spinosus (Bosc)
National status Local County status Essex Local
Frequency Ratio 1.4 Tetrad Percentage 2.1 Tetrad Frequency 6.7 Monad Frequency 5.3
Distribution
Widely distributed and probably under-
recorded.
Habitat and Ecology
Typically found in dry habitats
associated with habitation and sometimes
coining into houses. It also occurs in 'brown
field' sites and more natural habitats where
these arc near to housing and has been
recorded in Essex in acid grassland,
heathland and wet brackish grassland.
Both Sankey (1988) and Hillyard &
Sankey (1989) record a preference for
warm, sheltered man-made habitats such as
walls, fences and under window ledges.
Adults have been recorded between July
and December.

Adults
Threats
Not threatened.
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 16 (1999)