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Parasteatoda wau
Parasteatoda wau (formerly Achaeareanea wau) is a species of social spider that lives around Wau, Papua New Guinea. The spider exhibits a complex dispersal behavior akin to swarming in social bees. It was first described by Herb Levi, Yael Lubin, and M.H. Robinson in 1982.
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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 843574.