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Common grass funnel-web spider

Olorunia ocellata

Description:

Spider seen on a nature walk. The web was made with a rock behind and grass in front.

Habitat:

Web dwellers (funnel-web); usually made in low vegetation close to the soil surface, few species make funnels in trees; abundance: common.

Notes:

Funnel-web spiders (Agelenidae); common grass funnel-web spider (Olorunia ocellata)

1 Species ID Suggestions

GabrielZurn
GabrielZurn 11 years ago
Grass spider
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3 Comments

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Nice one!

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

@Ava T-B: Managed to ID the spider. Added to Animal Architecture mission.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Johan Heyns
Spotted by
Johan Heyns

Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on May 13, 2012
Submitted on May 13, 2012

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