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SpiderMAP:   8078
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2228DB
Observer:   Spicer Mark
Date of record:   2017-12-19
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Preying on a large ant, species unknown. Fled when first seen, but returned and carried prey away (underneath a door frame).
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   714120
Species name:   Mexcala sp.
Common name:   Ant-like jumping spiders
Family:   Salticidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mexcala quadrimaculata
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-8078
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8078 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8078 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2017-12-21 13:16:37
Species name:   Mexcala sp. -- Ant-like jumping spiders
Species code:   714120

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