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SpiderMAP:   1290
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AA
Observer:   Steenkamp Rudolph Christiaan
Date of record:   2013-04-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   A brown button spider (Latrodectus geometricus) hoisting a velvet spider from the ground. It took her 2 days.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   720950
Species name:   Latrodectus geometricus
Common name:   Common brown button spiders
Family:   Theridiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Brown button spider; Velvet spider
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-1290
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1290 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1290 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1290 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:   L.geometricus preying on Eresidae
Date:   2017-04-23 17:50:09
Species name:   Latrodectus geometricus -- Common brown button spiders
Species code:   720950

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