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Scorpion-tail Spider
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Scorpion-tail Spider

Arachnura scorpionoides

Arachnura scorpionoides is a species of Drag Tail Spider, in the Arachnura genus, native to Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mauritius. A specimen of this species has recently been seen (January 2013) in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. The specimen laid over 65 eggs which later hatched, therefore making Arachnura scorpionoides a native species of Kenya.

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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 651086.