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Olios machadoi
Olios machadoi is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Machado's Olios huntsman spider.
From the article Olios machadoi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Olios machadoi is recorded from four provinces in South Africa, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Western Cape. The species has been collected at altitudes ranging from 34 to 1,319 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species consists of nocturnal plant dwellers that wander around in search of prey on vegetation and make their silk retreats between two leaves kept together with silk strands. Olios machadoi has been sampled from Forest, Grassland, Nama Karoo and Savanna biomes.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 679389.