Paradonea striatipes

Picture ID 7666

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Black spider with white stripes on legs and body, big front legs.

Submitted by:
taffy2018
Submitted: Mar 24, 2018
Photographed: Mar 24, 2018
Spider: Paradonea striatipes
Location: Fauresmith Free State , South Africa
Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
Found in web?: No
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ItsyBitsy

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March 24, 2018 12:29 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a stunning spider! Superficially it reminds me of some sort of Velvet Spider (Eresidae), but I haven’t found a good match for it yet so I may be wrong there. I’ll keep searching!

ItsyBitsy

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March 26, 2018 8:58 am

Hello again. 🙂 This is a Velvet Spider, the species is Paradonea striatipes.