Spider of the month | The Spider Club of Southern Africa

January 2022 Spider of the Month

6 January 2022 by Hrodulf Steinkampf‎

Our first spider of the month (SOTM) in 2022 is this green lynx spider (Peucetia striata; Oxyopidae) taken by Desiré Pelser in Kloof, KZN. Lynx spiders are free-living plant dwellers … Read more

December 2021 Spider of the Month

15 December 20216 December 2021 by Hrodulf Steinkampf‎

December’s spider of the month (SOTM) is this crowned lynx spider (Hamataliwa sp.; Oxyopidae), taken by Robert Wienand. There are nine genera in the world, but only three genera in … Read more

November 2021 Spider of the Month

22 November 20215 November 2021 by Hrodulf Steinkampf‎

Our November spider of the month is this huntsman spider (Sparassidae), photographed by Chantelle Bosch at the Serra Cafema camp on the Namibia-Angola border near Epupa Falls. It is most … Read more

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