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SpiderMAP:   16539
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930AA
Observer:   Walton Anthony
Date of record:   2021-03-04
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Web-spinning spider, living in moist rock crest on upper slope. Photograph of a mating pair
Last updated:   2021-08-20 09:42:37
Sp. code:   720240
Species name:   Leucauge festiva
Common name:   Masked silver vlei spiders
Family:   Tetragnathidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Leucage festiva
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-16539
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16539 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16539 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Rudolph Christiaan Steenkamp
Comment:  
Date:   2021-08-20 09:42:37
Species name:   Leucauge festiva -- Masked silver vlei spiders
Species code:   720240

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