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SpiderMAP:   5478
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AA
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2016-05-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Casts webs just above the water surface in a pond in a suburban Johanneburg garden. Numerous individuals have been found inhabiting the same pond
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   720190
Species name:   Tetragnatha sp.
Common name:   Long-jawed water orb-web spiders
Family:   Tetragnathidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Long-jawed spider
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-5478
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5478 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:  
Date:   2016-05-26 17:11:06
Species name:   Tetragnatha sp. -- Long-jawed water orb-web spiders
Species code:   720190

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