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Funnel-web Pisaurid

Euprosthenops sp.

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Field Notes

Notes:

Spotted this spider this afternoon, and as went I past it again it had caught its supper.

Species ID Suggestions

Funnel-web Pisaurid

Euprosthenops sp.
Johan Heyns
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Comments (2)
C.Sydes
Euprsthenops spiders can build alarmingly big funnels, alarming because if one hasn't seen the occupant then ones imagination can run wild - I had a 10cm diameter funnel in my garden a while ago !! These spiders are also called nursery web spiders due to their reproductive behaviour
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013

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