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Lynx Spider

Oxyopes macilentus

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Field Notes

Description:

Small spider (1cm approximately), brilliant orange, ochre & white striping, black fine lined legs with multiple long hairs, elongated body, black face stripes, ochre coloured legs, nestled over nest of crisp white woven web structure (flat).

Habitat:

Found throughout eastern Australia. This one found on Eucalyptus leaf in dry woodland environment in north east NSW.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
kdpicturemaker
ID confirmed - thanks to fellow spider admirers Paul Davis & DanielePralong!
kdpicturemaker
Thank you so much for your suggestions DanielePralong & Paul Davis! Very quick! I feel like I've been a bit lazy on this one! Will check that site. This spider was incredibly beautiful & quite interested in being photographed but was not at all aggressive.
Paul Davis
http://www.arachne.org.au ,is a helpful site for eight-legged Aussies.
Paul Davis
Nice find ,it could be a Lynx spider ------Oxyopes macilentus.
DanielePralong
Hi kdpicturemaker! Great series! This looks like a lynx spider, family Oxyopidae http://australianmuseum.net.au/Lynx-Spider http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/oxyopidae/oxyopidae.html

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedMarch 4, 2014

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