Observations in the Suborder: Araneomorphae
English Name: Web Spiders
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By: Karen Watkins
Observed on: 2nd January 2014
Added to iSpot: 3rd January 2014
Identifications: 4
Agreements: 2
Comments: 3
Description: This beautiful little fellow is guarding my front door. Can anyone identify it? Can't get the camera in behind, but even more yellow on the front.
Observed on: 31st December 2013
Added to iSpot: 3rd January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Tiny Lynx Spider, about 6mm body length with an even smaller fly.
Observed on: 31st December 2013
Added to iSpot: 2nd January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: This has got to be the best ant-mimic spider I have seen yet!
Observed on: 26th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 2nd January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 20th May 2012
Added to iSpot: 2nd January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 2nd May 2012
Added to iSpot: 2nd January 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 24th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 30th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 23rd October 2012
Added to iSpot: 30th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: a male?
Observed on: 29th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Body length about 5-6mm. Spotted on a Panicum plume in grassy wetland.
Observed on: 22nd October 2012
Added to iSpot: 30th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: body size max. 10 mm
Observed on: 29th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 29th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 3
Description: Spider body length without legs about 14mm.
Observed on: 22nd October 2012
Added to iSpot: 29th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Description: Perfect place and night with all the male Red Driver Ants around.
By: Luc
Observed on: 23rd December 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: On my Orchid!
Observed on: 26th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Body length about 11mm. On a Solanum infested with Ladybird larvae. A succession of shrivelled larval carcasses appeared in the spider's refuge. Each carcass was carried off by ants.
By: Luc
Observed on: 29th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 29th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: ajbryce
Observed on: 27th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 28th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Hairy spider about 1 cm in diameter. One was spotted in the cupboard above the coffee mugs and was sadly flushed down the toilet apparently. This one was spotted in the garden and I encouraged it to hide in the foliage lest it follow its friend into the sewer. It produced quite a lot of webbing as it walked around and seemed to track me quite fast, climbing onto the camera once. It walked around rather than jumping, so I don't think it's a kind of Salticidae. Any suggestions?
Observed on: 26th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 27th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Body length about 6mm
Observed on: 26th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 27th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Op blaar van Ziziphus mucronata
Observed on: 26th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 27th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 13th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 26th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 13th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 26th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 14th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 24th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 18th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 24th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 17th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 22nd December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: Graham G
Observed on: 17th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 22nd December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: It was only when I was looking at my photos on my computer much later that I saw the bee, and then on looking closer saw it had been caught by a crab spider
Location: Klaserie
Lat/Lng: -24.2127, 31.0335
Angela's Camp, Klaserie Private Game Reserve
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Observed on: 20th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 22nd December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 14th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 22nd December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 29th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: small crab spider that did a Miss Muffet from an upper branch of the thorn tree and ended up suspended in front of my nose. This spider was missing a leg but I recall reading somewhere that 7 legs does not noticeably disadvantage a spider.
Observed on: 29th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 5
Description: hairy, pale brown jumping spider, about 4mm in length and with a striking black and white pattern on the dorsal side of the cephalothorax plus fine black "horns" on either side of his super-large eyes; there was also a less obvious pattern along the centreline of the abdomen. This spider was living among the thorn tree flowers
Observed on: 9th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: Dullsweather
Observed on: 20th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 20th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Body length about 8mm (without legs). Many of them around now, in the cup of a single leaf or multiple leaves. Untidy silk strands look like they're used to stabilise the leafy platform or to curl up the leaf edges.
Observed on: 2nd August 2013
Added to iSpot: 19th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 8
Description: Roughly 3mm in length. Yellow palps. Black body with white or cream spots.
By: johann.spies
Observed on: 16th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 17th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: I found this little spider (with 7 legs) in my bathroom. It was about 5-7mm long.
Observed on: 9th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 17th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 29th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 16th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: Paolo Candotti
Observed on: 14th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 7
Description: Spotted this was grappling with a spider on the ground. The wasp seemed to be repeatedly stinging the spider while on the ground and then started dragging it up the wall - seems to have eventually given up but spider was killed in the process
By: Beneke74
Observed on: 15th March 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 10
Description: Huge web in jamboes (Syzygium jambos).
By: Beneke74
Observed on: 1st January 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Observed on: 13th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 4
Observed on: 29th November 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Hierdie spesie sonder duidelike merktekens is plaaslik redelik algemeen
By: PieterMier
Observed on: 8th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 9th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
By: Dullsweather
Observed on: 8th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 8th December 2013
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 0
Comments: 8
Description: Found this guy on a sand road desperately trying to get underground via cracks in the soil.
Observed on: 4th December 2013
Added to iSpot: 6th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
Observed on: 15th September 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th December 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: Roughly 4mm total length.
By: nmdayi90
Observed on: 25th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: nmdayi90
Observed on: 26th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: nmdayi90
Observed on: 24th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th December 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Species with which Web Spiders (Araneomorphae ) interacts
