Steatoda phalerata hunts ants on the ground. This is a rare species in Cornwall with only three records, one of which (from Downderry east of Looe) dates from 1890. It was found at Kynance Cove in 1968 and there is an ERCCIS record from Hendra Cliff, West Penwith made in May 1989.

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