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SpiderMAP:   3456
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BD
Observer:   Olver S.; Hazel Nevin
Date of record:   2015-04-12
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Every evening the spider spins this web, starting with a dropped thread, climbs up, drops another, and again, then fills inbetween. She catches insects under the light, retires to the ceiling for the day, then weaves anew the following dusk.
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-3456
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3456 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3456 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3456 - photo: 3

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