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SpiderMAP:   126
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431CB
Observer:   Jessnitz V
Date of record:   2013-09-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   720500
Species name:   Argyrodes sp.
Common name:   comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Family:   Theridiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-126
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 126 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Astri Leroy
Comment:   Dew drop spiders. Several, but not all species live as kleptoparasites in the permanent webs of larger spiders such as the Nephila, Cyrtophora but are seldom found in the temporary webs that are removed and rehung every 24 hours.
Date:   2015-03-18 14:57:04
Species name:   Argyrodes sp. -- comb-footed or cobweb spiders
Species code:   720500

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