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SpiderMAP:   9456
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228BB
Observer:   Genevieve Pence; Mark Botha
Date of record:   2017-06-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   I'm not sure if this is a baboon spider? It was under a chair that I picked up and it bit me... finger swelled up incredibly and had shooting pains up my entire arm for two days. Beautiful spider though!
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:25:14
Sp. code:   700410
Species name:   Harpactira guttata
Common name:  
Family:   Theraphosidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-9456
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9456 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dimitri Kambas
Comment:  
Date:   2018-10-02 22:25:30
Species name:   Harpactira guttata
Species code:   700410

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