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Hedgehog Spider
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Hedgehog Spider

Pycnacantha tribulus

Pycnacantha tribulus, commonly known as the hedgehog spider, is a species of orb weaver spider in the family Araneidae. It is the first spider species to have been collected and described from South Africa. The species is notable for its characteristic spiky abdomen and its highly reduced orb web, which has been modified into a simple trapezium shape.

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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 686809.