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Euprosthenops australis
Euprosthenops australis is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the African Euprosthenops nursery-web spider.
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Range & habitat
Euprosthenops australis has a wide distribution across Africa. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Senegal, and South Africa. In South Africa, it has been recorded from eight provinces at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1,663 meters above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species inhabits multiple biomes including Grassland, Savanna, and Thicket biomes. Funnel-web pisaurids construct their webs in short shrubs and bushes close to the ground, or make large webs in trees. The capture web is sheet-like and composed of dense criss-crossing threads with a funnel at the bottom. Euprosthenops australis moves under the web and the female carries the egg sac below the body, building a nursery-web when spiderlings emerge. The species is sometimes found in houses, and care of the egg sac and spiderlings has been observed in the field.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
In human culture
The species name australis is Latin meaning "southern", referring to the species' southern African distribution.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
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 665771.