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SpiderMAP:   1288
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AA
Observer:   Steenkamp Rudolph Christiaan; Jeanne van Aswegen, Marisan van der Berg
Date of record:   2013-04-10
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   There is no section for wasps, so I put it under arachnids. Some kind of spider-hunting wasp struggling with a sac spider, whose legs have been removed by the wasp, either to prevent struggling and/or to get it into the nest easier.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   703170
Species name:   FAMILY Clubionidae
Common name:   Grass or short-legged sac spiders
Family:   Clubionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Clubionidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-1288
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1288 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ethne Engelking
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-31 08:05:51
Species name:   FAMILY Clubionidae -- Grass or short-legged sac spiders
Species code:   703170

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