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Nocturnal web building.
Dormant hides away during the day
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- Submitted: Feb 14, 2019
- Photographed: Feb 14, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Pietermaritzburg , South Africa
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
She’s an orbweaver kind of spider. You can identify the orbweavers by their style of web. She looks like she is in genus Neoscona. There are several Neoscona species possible in South Africa. To find a list, search Neoscona in Wikipedia. On the lower right side there is a a category “species” that lists the main ranges for all of the Neoscona species. These are according to the World Spider Catalog. It doesn’t mean that the spider can’t be found in other countries. The Spider Catalog doesn’t try to be that thorough with locations. Wikipedia has a list of species… Read more »
She’s what is commonly known as a Hairy Field Spider. TangledWeb is correct in saying she’s from the genus Neoscona, more accurately Neoscona hirta.