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Festive Silver Marsh Spider

Leucage festiva

Photo by Wendy Clapham
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Its abdomen is silver patterned with green, yellow and red markings, and is longer than it is wide. Sexual dimorphism is not marked, the male being similar to the female.

Notes:

Also known as the orchid spider.

Reference Links:

Spider Club of Southern Africa

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