Leucorchestris arenicola
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| White Lady Spider in Namibia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Leucorchestris |
| Species: | L. arenicola |
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Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence, 1962 |
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Leucorchestris arenicola (commonly called the Dancing White Lady Spider) is a huntsman spider found in the deserts of Namibia. It should not be confused with the similarly named Wheel spider from the same locale. It relies on seismic vibrations for communication. It taps its foremost legs on the sand to send messages to other white lady spiders. Male white lady spiders will travel more than a mile in one night searching for a mate. If they do find a mate, they must be extremely careful, for drumming the wrong message can be deadly. The species was first described by Reginald Frederick Lawrence in 1962, who described all the species in the Leucorchestris genus.
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