Neoscona moreli
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| Morel's Grass Neoscona Orb-Web Spider | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Neoscona |
| Species: | N. moreli |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863)[1] | |
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Neoscona moreli is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.[2] It is commonly known as Morel's grass Neoscona orb-web spider.[3]
Neoscona moreli has a very wide global distribution, known from the Afrotropical Region, Cuba, and Argentina. In Southern Africa, it is recorded from Botswana and South Africa.[3]
The species is found in all nine provinces of South Africa and occurs in more than ten protected areas at altitudes ranging from 12 to 2,020 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a very common grassland species that makes its web at night and removes it early in the morning. It has been sampled from the Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Nama Karoo, Savanna, and Thicket biomes. The species has also been sampled from avocado, pecans and pistachio orchards, and cotton, lucerne, maize and tomato fields.[3]
Description
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