Spider of the month | The Spider Club of Southern Africa

May 2021 Spider of the Month

3 July 20215 May 2021 by Hrodulf Steinkampf‎

Spider of the month May 2021 Pachyballus sp.

Our May spider of the month is this beetle jumping spider (Pachyballus sp.; Salticidae) taken by Bruce Blake in Amanzimtoti, KZN. The spider is feeding on a booklouse (Psocidae). There are … Read more

April 2021 Spider of the Month

3 April 2021 by Hrodulf Steinkampf‎

Spider of the month April 2021 Caerostris sexcuspidata

The spider of the month is this common bark spider (Caerostris sexcuspidata) in the orb weaver family (Araneidae), taken by Daniel Lee Owen Rautenbach in Headlands, Zimbabwe. They are also … Read more

February 2021 Spider of the Month

6 February 2021 by Hrodulf Steinkampf‎

SOTM February 2021 hedgehog spider Pycnacantha sp.

The spider of the month is this hedgehog spider (Pycnacantha sp.; most likely P. tribulus) photographed by Marique Kirwan in the Schurveberg mountains, Gauteng, South Africa. This spider received 41% … Read more

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