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Orangekloof, Table Mountain National Park.
Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Honeywood Farm, Grootvadersbosch with
paralyzed Rain spider prey
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Palystes
superciliosus
Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Gillitts (-29.788831° 30.805997°)
Kwazulu-Natal with
paralyzed Rain spider prey
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Palystes
superciliosus
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© Steve Woodhall.
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Nairobi (Kenya) with
paralyzed Rain spider prey
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Palystes
species
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© Seasav
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Distribution
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Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South
Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. |
Biology |
Females hunt and paralyze large spiders such as
Rain spiders (Palystes). |
Reference |
Wahis, R. 2000.
Revision des especes afrotropicales, indo-orientales et australiennes du
genre Java Pate 1946 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae).
Notes Fauniques de Gembloux 38, 43-76. |
Credits
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Photographs and map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), or © Steve Woodhall,
or © Seasav
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