Atlas of African Spiders

Record details

SpiderMAP:   9184
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Ackermann Rebecca
Date of record:   2018-05-13
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   The third photo was taken two weeks later, and shows all the spiders that hatched from the egg sack.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   701820
Species name:   Cyrtophora citricola
Common name:   Tropical tent-web spiders
Family:   Araneidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cyrtophora citricola (tropical tent-web spider)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-9184
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9184 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9184 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9184 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Rudolph Christiaan Steenkamp
Comment:  
Date:   2018-08-29 17:44:59
Species name:   Cyrtophora citricola -- Tropical tent-web spiders
Species code:   701820

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