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Spiders and Scorpions of Botswana

A guide to spiders and scorpions of Botswana. Many of the taxa included currently don't have images. We will continue to endeavour to find more spiders and get them to research grade!

Biton betschuanicus
Biton schultzei
Common Moleroman 1
Chelypus hirsti
Solpuga chelicornis chelicornis
Solpugema hostilis 2
Pale Moon Spider 3
Zeria monteiri
Red Moon Spider 4
Zeria schoenlandi
Solpuga chelicornis
Speckled Solifuge 3
Ceroma langi
Hexisopus fodiens 5
Zeria sagittaria
Solpuga praedatrix
Solpugiba pictichelis
Solpuga bechuanica
Blossia obscura
Hemiblossia kalaharica
Brown Widow 6
Latrodectus geometricus
West Coast Button Spider 7
Latrodectus indistinctus
Inland Black Button 5
Latrodectus renivulvatus
Tropical Tent-web Spider 8
Cyrtophora citricola
Biscuit Boxkite 9
Isoxya tabulata
Shorthorn Kitespider 10
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta
Mediumwing Kitespider 11
Gasteracantha versicolor
Gea infuscata 7
Common Garden Orbweb Spinner 12
Argiope australis
Lobed Argiope 13
Argiope lobata
Tailed Forest Spider 14
Argiope protensa
Banded Garden Spider 15
Argiope trifasciata
Common Bark Spider 16
Caerostris sexcuspidata
Black spot Leaf weaver orb-web Spider 1
Prasonica nigrotaeniata
Larinia bifida 17
Spiky Field Spider 18
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus
Green-pea Spider 19
Araneus apricus
Araneus morulus
Black-spotted Araneus Hairy Field Spider 20
Araneus nigroquadratus
Araneus strupifer
Blondeli's Hairy Field Spider 21
Neoscona blondeli
Grass Neoscona Spider 22
Neoscona moreli
Neoscona penicillipes 1
Neoscona rapta 23
Green Hairy Field Spider 18
Neoscona rufipalpis
Common Hairy Field Spider 24
Neoscona subfusca
Red-spot Hairy Field Spider 1
Neoscona triangula
Larvatus Twig Spider 10
Cyphalonotus larvatus
Kilima Grass Orb-Web Spider 25
Kilima decens
Long-tailed Grass Orb-web Spider 12
Lipocrea longissima
Singafrotypa okavango
Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider 26
Trichonephila fenestrata
Redleg Orbweaver 27
Trichonephila inaurata
banded-legged golden orb-web spider 1
Trichonephila senegalensis
Tetragnatha boydi 28
Tetragnatha isidis
Tetragnatha jaculator
Tetragnatha maxillosa 29
Wormy Long-jawed Spider
Tetragnatha vermiformis
Decorative Silver Orb Spider 30
Leucauge decorata
Long-tailed Silver Vleispider 31
Leucauge kibonotensis
Leucauge medjensis 32
Leucauge thomeensis
Ceratinopsis idanrensis
Pelecopsis janus
Benoitia deserticola
Benoitia Funnel-web Spider
Benoitia ocellata
Raymond's Funnel-web Spider
Benoitia raymondeae
Olorunia punctata
Agelena suboculata
Uloborus planipedius
Feather-legged Lace Weaver 33
Uloborus plumipes
Short-palp Ogre-faced Spider 10
Deinopis cornigera
Orthobula radiata
Fuchiba aquilonia
Trachelas chubbi
Hogna furvescens
Hogna patricki
Hogna ruricolaris
Alopecosa kalahariana
Hippasa australis 34
Amblyothele albocincta
Evippomma squamulatum
Ocyale Burrowing Wolf spider 1
Ocyale guttata
Wadicosa oncka
Zenonina albocaudata 1
Pardosa crassipalpis
Pardosa kavango
Pardosa manubriata
Pardosa umtalica
Arctosa leaeniformis
Allocosa exserta
Allocosa mafensis
Lycosa praestans
Ctenus pulchriventris
Transvaal Tropical Wolf Spider 1
Ctenus transvaalensis
Africactenus tridentatus 1
Afroneutria erythrochelis 35
Golden Funnelwebbers 1
Euprosthenops australis
Dark Fisheating Spider 36
Nilus margaritatus
Silver Fisheating Spider 1
Nilus rossi
Perenethis symmetrica 1
African Crown Pisaurid 1
Rothus aethiopicus
Kulczynski's Crowned Lynx Spider 21
Hamataliwa kulczynskii

Edited by Grant Reed, Kyle De Nobrega, Jono Harper, Robert Taylor, and Astri Leroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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