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SpiderMAP:   7000
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2017-03-08
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Same species as previous record: this one had constructed her web in my bedside light so I was able to watch her in some detail. The three photos show the odd right-angled structure at the end of her massive front legs. She used them to hold on to the web strands
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   724050
Species name:   Uloborus plumipes
Common name:   Feather lgged spiders
Family:   Uloboridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-7000
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7000 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7000 - photo: 2
VM-number: 7000 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Niela Du Preez
Comment:  
Date:   2017-04-20 13:58:45
Species name:   Uloborus plumipes -- Feather lgged spiders
Species code:   724050

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