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SpiderMAP:   2515
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Jackson Mike; Linda Jackson
Date of record:   2013-12-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Found on an Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum), partly covered / disguised in a white gummy substance which I suspect it produces from the flesh of the host plant as there was plant damage evident.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   721660
Species name:   Phrynarachne sp.
Common name:   Bird dropping crab spiders
Family:   Thomisidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bird Dropping Crab Spider
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-2515
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2515 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2515 - photo: 2
VM-number: 2515 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2018-04-18 15:50:48
Species name:   Phrynarachne sp. -- Bird dropping crab spiders
Species code:   721660

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