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SpiderMAP:   2157
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2632CC
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2011-03-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   710010
Species name:   Nephila senegalensis
Common name:   Banded-legged golden orb-web spider
Family:   Aranaeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Nephila senegalensis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-2157
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2157 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   The other spider is a female dew drop spider in the family Theridiidae, genus Argyrodes. They live as kleptoparasites in the webs of larger spiders.
Date:   2015-03-31 20:08:35
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:  
Date:   2016-08-19 15:08:21
Species name:   Nephila senegalensis -- Banded-legged golden orb-web spider
Species code:   710010

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