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Scorpion Spider Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/11/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Route R374: Spider series no. 9


Scorpion Spider:


Family:  Trochanteriidae.

Average body length: 4-9 mm.

Identification:  Shiny red-brown or black to grey, with light marks on the abdomen. Body very flat. Able to fold its fourth pair of legs over its body like a scorpion, from there its name.

Habitat: Seen under rocks, tree bark and in trees. Often under pot plants in houses. Hides in crevices. 

Customs:  Night living.

Venom: Harmless to humans.

Web: No web.

Food:  Insects.

References:

  1. Internet web sites.
  2. SASOL field guide to Spiders and Scorpions of South Africa.
  3. Field Guide to Spiders of South Africa by Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman.

The cache :


Cylindrical camo container 100 ml. BYOP.

The cache is not hidden at the given coordinates. You will need to solve the puzzle below. The puzzle looks almost like a spider's web!

Place the hexagons into the grid, so that where any hexagons touches another along a straight line, the contents of the triangles are the same. No rotation of any hexagon is allowed. Good luck.

The final coordinates are:



S25 A(B+C).DEF

E027 MN.PQR



FTF:

AdieA...quickly solved! Thanks for doing the cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

BCBE (Pbapergr)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)