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Hedgehog Spiders
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Hedgehog Spiders

Pycnacantha

Pycnacantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by John Blackwall in 1865.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hedgehog Spider

speciesPycnacantha tribulus

Pycnacantha fuscosa

speciesPycnacantha fuscosa

Pycnacantha dinteri

speciesPycnacantha dinteri

Pycnacantha echinotes

speciesPycnacantha echinotes

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