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SpiderMAP:   1289
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AA
Observer:   Steenkamp Rudolph Christiaan
Date of record:   2013-06-10
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   This black button spider had no markings whatsoever on her. I heard that the markings fade and disappear with age, so this would be a very old spider. She was very defensive with her egg sacs and she would put her legs on the egg sacs and with the right front leg make circular movements, possibly to intimidate me.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   720620
Species name:   Latrodectus sp.
Common name:   comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Family:   Theridiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Latrodectus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-1289
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1289 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1289 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-31 08:04:30
Species name:   Latrodectus sp. -- comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Species code:   720620

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