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Eresus moravicus
Eresus moravicus is a spider species in the family Eresidae found in Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Serbia, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, and Albania., found mainly in rocky steppe habitats. It is named after the eastern part of the Czech Republic, Moravia, which is where the type species was found. E. moravicus is one of the three species into which Eresus cinnaberinus or Eresus niger has been divided.
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Description
This is the largest Eresus species found in Central Europe, males are black and red. the first two legs are black, with the last two being red. The opisthosoma is red with the carapace being black. While the females are mostly black, except with orange hairs on the part of the prosoma.
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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 513952.