Comments & ID Thoughts
Black with large abdomen and short hairy legs. When disturbed rolled into ball
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Sep 9, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 9, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Somerset west, South Africa
- Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
found it. Commonly known as a velvet spider
http://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Documents/1.SPIDERATLASFAMILIESAE.pdf
page 244
or
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/eresidae/gandanameno.htm
or
a youtube clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VHgVfcCUvc
Hi. nice find. I would like to acquire one to keep, perhaps that new ladybird spider.