Dancing Spider
CAPE TOWN A new type at tpidtr foe Southern Africa, named th< 'Dancing Spider." has beer discovered by th t . Nofn .„ r ' ea ?f t . Research AaaocMton at Gotnbeb, ebout 70 miles from WaJvfo; Bay This spider has been giver m name because it danco w th aviation when captured W appears only at night Accwddng to Dr. C. Koch of the Transvaal Mwwut> who mawi-tamc the deaert re seamen st®tii--n. the spider is a completely new speck* « la covered with a silvery ft* and lives In soft sand When burrowinf into sand the R’itfa spins a cobweb » prevent the sand filllog the
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30146, 1 June 1963, Page 8
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105Dancing Spider Press, Volume CII, Issue 30146, 1 June 1963, Page 8
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