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SpiderMAP:   2690
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2014-09-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found in sand forest.
Last updated:   2023-09-14 09:58:01
Sp. code:   701560
Species name:   Argiope aurocincta
Common name:   Sheild-shaped garden orb-web spiders
Family:   Araneidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Araneidae - Gea sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-2690
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2690 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2690 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-09 19:46:35
Species name:   Gea sp. -- araneid orb-web spiders
Species code:   701920
Comment number:   2
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:  
Date:   2023-09-14 09:58:01
Species name:   Argiope aurocincta -- Sheild-shaped garden orb-web spiders
Species code:   701560

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