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Pararaneus perforatus
Pararaneus perforatus is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is commonly known as the spiky field spider and is an African endemic species.
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Range & habitat
Pararaneus perforatus is an African endemic species originally described in 1899 as Aranea perforata from Cameroon. The species is also known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Namibia, and South Africa. In South Africa, the species is recorded only from the Eastern Cape province, with records from Addo Elephant National Park and Bathurst.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species is an orb-weaver with webs made in the field layer. The mature spider makes a typical vertical orb-web while the immature spiders make a horizontal web with a defective frame that is cone-shaped with threads pulling the hub out of the plane of the frame. The species is commonly sampled with a sweep net from the Thicket biome.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 681742.