Atlas of African Baboon Spiders

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SpiderMAP:   8376
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BC
Observer:   Vos Peter
Date of record:   2018-02-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Big spidey wandering the kitchen-yard tiles by night - about 20m from her usual pond. Hunting insects under the back-yard light?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   713000
Species name:   Nilus sp.
Common name:   Fish-eating or fishing spiders
Family:   Pisauridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Fishing Spider (Nilus) Spp. ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-8376
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8376 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8376 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2018-02-22 12:02:17
Species name:   Nilus sp. -- Fish-eating or fishing spiders
Species code:   713000

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