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Striped Lynx Spider (male)

Photo by DiegoPeña
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Tan colored with small hairs growing out of the legs, two large black "fangs" , is agressive for its size (about one or two centimeters) and stands on hind legs if provoked sort of like a tarantula, and will sometimes jump.

Species ID Suggestions

Striped lynx spider (male)

Oxyopes salticus

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Comments (4)
DiegoPeña
yeah thanks i added it on accident to the hoppers mission instead of the international spider survey but for some reason when i try to edit it it wont let me the app crashes
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Diego, I think you may have added your spider to The Hoppers mission in error. Please take quick look at the mission objective and remove your lovely lynx spider from it. Thank you in advance.
DiegoPeña
I think that it might be some kind of a lynx spider

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PublishedAugust 17, 2013

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