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Dark Sheetwebber
Euprosthenopsis pulchella
Euprosthenopsis pulchella is a species of spider in the family Pisauridae. It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as the common Euprosthenopsis nursery-web spider.
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Range & habitat
Euprosthenopsis pulchella has a distribution in southern Africa. It is found in Lesotho, Eswatini, and South Africa. In South Africa, it has been recorded from six provinces at altitudes ranging from 5 to 1,557 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Sheet-web pisaurids construct their webs in bushes but occasionally also between large grass tussocks. They construct sheet webs in low vegetation. The species has been sampled from the Fynbos, Grassland, Nama Karoo, and Savanna biomes.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
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 622415.