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SpiderMAP:   7005
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Grewar Igmar
Date of record:   2016-04-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Spider is approx. 15mm, found at night on the ceiling near a light
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   701610
Species name:   Argiope sp.
Common name:   Garden orb-web spiders
Family:   Araneidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Garden Orbweb Spider (Argiope) ???
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-7005
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7005 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7005 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2017-05-02 11:59:45
Species name:   Argiope sp. -- Garden orb-web spiders
Species code:   701610

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