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Oriental Bolas Spiders
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Oriental Bolas Spiders

Ordgarius

Ordgarius is a genus of bolas spiders in the family Araneidae. Ordgar or Ordgarius is an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name (borne for example by Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, 10th century).

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Magnificent Bolas Spider

speciesOrdgarius magnificus

Ordgarius hobsoni

speciesOrdgarius hobsoni

Ordgarius sexspinosus

speciesOrdgarius sexspinosus

Ordgarius furcatus

speciesOrdgarius furcatus

Spiny Bolas Spider

speciesOrdgarius monstrosus

Ordgarius hexaspinus

speciesOrdgarius hexaspinus

Ordgarius bicolor

speciesOrdgarius bicolor

Ordgarius liyuanba

speciesOrdgarius liyuanba

Ordgarius ephippiatus

speciesOrdgarius ephippiatus

Ordgarius acanthonotus

speciesOrdgarius acanthonotus

Ordgarius clypeatus

speciesOrdgarius clypeatus

Ordgarius pustulosus

speciesOrdgarius pustulosus

Ordgarius bo

speciesOrdgarius bo

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 360811.