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Striped Lynx Spider (with Flesh Fly as prey)

Oxyopes javanus

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14.33, 121.09

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Description:

A female Striped Lynx Spider with its meal, a Flesh Fly (family Sarcophagidae).

Oxyopes javanus Thorell, 1887, is of class Arachnida, order Araneae, superfamily Lycosoidea, family Oxyopidae.

Habitat:

Backyard adjacent to an open space.

Notes:

Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/30611074

Reference Links:

Lynx spider, Scientific name: Oxyopes javanus Thorell

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PublishedSeptember 15, 2013

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