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Palystes castaneus is a species of huntsman spider found in parts of South Africa. [1] It is common from Cape Town to Heidelberg, Western Cape, especially in forested areas. In scrub outside forested areas, it is replaced by Palystes superciliosus. It occurs mainly on plants, where it hunts insects.
The common rain spider (Palystes superciliosus), formerly P. natalius, [1] is a species of huntsman spider native to Southern Africa. [2] It is the most common and widespread species in the genus Palystes . [ 3 ]
Palystes is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, [2] occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific. [1] The most common and widespread species is P. superciliosus, found in South Africa, home to 12 species in the genus.
The spider was first defined in 2013 by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad. The spider is small, with a white or whitish-yellow pear-shaped carapace between 2.0 and 2.6 mm (0.079 and 0.102 in) long and an abdomen between 2.4 and 2.8 mm (0.094 and 0.110 in) long that has a pattern of dark dots on an otherwise light surface.
Endemic spiders of South Africa (162 P) Pages in category "Spiders of South Africa" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 265 total.
The list of sea spiders of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the pycnogonid (Class Pycnogonida) fauna of South Africa. The list follows the SANBI listing on iNaturalist , and does not always agree with WoRMS for distribution.
This spider is a common but often uncomfortable sight and has been dominating populations around the Palmetto State. This giant yellow spider may be in your SC yard lurking overhead. Here’s what ...
Afraflacilla altera is a species of jumping spider in the genus Afraflacilla that lives in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The spider was first described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and originally allocated to the genus Pseudicius. It was moved to its current name by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016.