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SpiderMAP:   3299
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2329DC
Observer:   Labuschagne AP
Date of record:   2015-02-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   709950
Species name:   Nephila sp.
Common name:   golden orb-web spiders
Family:   Aranaeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Botterspinnekop
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-3299
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3299 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   Juvenile and rather blurred photo. Cannot be sure of species. Common name golden orb-web spider. Botterspinekoppe is in n ander familie, die Araneidae en genus Argiope.
Date:   2015-02-23 21:40:15
Species name:   Nephila sp. -- golden orb-web spiders
Species code:   709950

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