Spiders of Botswana

A guide to the spiders found in Botswana.

All 211

Brown Widow ¹
Latrodectus geometricus

Lobed Argiope ²
Argiope lobata

Banded Garden Spider ³
Argiope trifasciata

Common Garden Orbweb Spider ⁴
Argiope australis

Common Buckspoor Spider
Seothyra fasciata

Seothyra barnardi

Selenops radiatus ⁵

Tropical Tent-web Spider ⁶
Cyrtophora citricola

Green-pea Spider ⁷
Araneus apricus

Decorative Vleispider ⁸
Leucauge decorata

Tailed Forest Spider ⁹
Argiope protensa

Ladybird Spider ¹⁰
Eresus kollari

Madagascar Green Lynx Spider
Peucetia lucasi

Giant Daddy-long-legs Spider ¹¹
Artema atlanta

Common Hairy Field Spider ¹²
Neoscona subfusca

Longleg Dandy ¹³
Portia schultzi

Adanson's House Jumper ¹⁴
Hasarius adansoni

Argiope tapinolobata ¹⁵

Treleaven's Big Hairy Hyllus ¹⁶
Hyllus treleaveni

Mediumwing Kitespider ¹⁷
Gasteracantha versicolor

Common Bark Spider ¹⁸
Caerostris sexcuspidata

African Social Spider ¹⁶
Stegodyphus dumicola

two-eyed orange spider ¹⁹
Diploglena capensis

Hermippus loricatus

Mexcala elegans ²⁰

Mexcala quadrimaculata ²¹

Brancus mustelus ¹⁶

Brown Hyllus Jumping Spider ¹⁶
Hyllus brevitarsis

Dark Fisheating Spider ²²
Nilus margaritatus

Common Trapdoor Baboon Spider
Idiothele nigrofulva

Natta Jumping Spider ¹⁶
Natta horizontalis

Thyene ogdeni ¹⁶

Hyllus argyrotoxus ¹⁶

Thomisus stenningi ²³

Shorthorn Kitespider ¹⁶
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta

Runcinia flavida ²⁴

African Social Velvet Spider ²⁵
Stegodyphus mimosarum

Common House Sac Spider ²⁶
Cheiracanthium furculatum

Rear Horned Baboon Spider ²⁷
Ceratogyrus darlingi

Thelechoris striatipes ²⁸

Silver Fisheating Spider ²⁹
Nilus rossi

Leucauge medjensis ²⁰

Red-spot Hairy Field Spider ¹⁹
Neoscona triangula

Allocosa exserta

Ocyale Burrowing Wolf spider ²⁹
Ocyale guttata

Doilie Orb-web Spider ³⁰
Gea infuscata

Balbyter Ant-mimic ³¹
Myrmarachne uvira

Stumpy Crab Spider ³²
Thomisops pupa

Phintella aequipes ¹⁶

Green Hairy Field Spider ²⁴
Neoscona rufipalpis

Longbody Thyene Jumping Spider ³¹
Thyene thyenioides

Langheld's African Mask Spider ³³
Synema langheldi

Thyene inflata ¹⁶

Misumenops rubrodecoratus ¹⁶

Roridula Crab ³⁴
Synema marlothi

Grass Neoscona Spider ³⁵
Neoscona moreli

Africactenus tridentatus ²⁹

Ammoxenus coccineus

Ammoxenus kalaharicus ³⁶

Ammoxenus pentheri

Ammoxenus psammodromus

Anyphops bechuanicus

Aphantaulax inornata

Aphantaulax stationis

Black-spotted Araneus Hairy Field Spider ³⁷
Araneus nigroquadratus

Araneus strupifer

Benoitia deserticola

Benoitia Funnel-web Spider
Benoitia ocellata

Raymond's Funnel-web Spider
Benoitia raymondeae

Bianor kovaczi

Dippenaar's Cambalida Dark Sac Spider
Cambalida dippenaarae

Capheris fitzsimonsi

Capheris langi

Capheris oncka

Caponia natalensis

Carrhotus singularis ²⁹

Ceratinopsis idanrensis

Great Horned Baboon Spider ³⁸
Ceratogyrus brachycephalus

Cheiracanthium minshullae

Cheiracanthium schenkeli

Van Son's Long-legged Sac Spider
Cheiracanthium vansoni

Common Corinnomma Ant-Like Sac Spider ²⁴
Corinnomma semiglabrum

Transvaal Tropical Wolf Spider ²⁹
Ctenus transvaalensis

Larvatus Twig Spider ¹⁶
Cyphalonotus larvatus

Diores salisburyensis

Drassodes bechuanicus

Echemus erutus

Golden Funnelwebbers ³⁹
Euprosthenops australis

Pale Sheetwebber ²⁹
Euprosthenopsis vuattouxi

Leroy's Grass Jumping Spider ⁴⁰
Festucula leroyae

Fuchiba aquilonia

Galeosoma vernayi

Kulczynski's Crowned Lynx Spider ⁴¹
Hamataliwa kulczynskii

Camel Crowned Lynx Spider
Hamataliwa rufocaligata

Harmochirus luculentus ⁴²

Heligmomerus deserti

Common Heliophanus Jumping Spider ³¹
Heliophanus debilis

Heliophanus fascinatus

Heliophanus gloriosus

Heliophanus paulus

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