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SpiderMAP:   8
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418AB
Observer:   Rautenbach F
Date of record:   2013-03-22
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Caught a red copper (Aloeides thyra).
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   701630
Species name:   Caerostris sexcuspidata
Common name:   Horned bark spiders
Family:   Araneidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-8
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   Better known as a horned bark spider.
Date:   2015-02-16 20:50:30
Species name:   Caerostris sexcuspidata -- Horned bark spiders
Species code:   701630

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