Observational analysis reveals species richness variation in epigeic spiders across seasons in macadamia orchards, indicating diverse species composition.
Our current knowledge of spider species composition in macadamia orchards in Mpumalanga province, South Africa is based on plant‐dwellers. Thus, this study generated a checklist of epigeic spiders sampled in July and November 2020 from two macadamia orchards in Mpumalanga. We collected 845 specimens in 21 families, 43 genera, and 57 species, of which 54 were new records in macadamia orchards in Mpumalanga. Greater species richness and abundance of spiders were recorded in November than July, and these months supported different species composition. This study increased the number of species recorded from macadamia orchards in Mpumalanga to 134.
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