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Lynx Spider
Oxyopes sp.
-37.9001, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
This small lynx spider had a leg span of about 10 to 12 mm. Legs were pale, long and spikey. The body had black and white stripes through the length of it and what looked like a fuzz of fine red hairs around the cephalothorax making it look like an attractive two-toned spider at a glance.
Palps were large and dark suggesting that it was male.
Habitat:
Suburban garden
Notes:
Spiders in this family have eight eyes - 2 sets in 4 rows. Three of the rows have larger eyes, giving the eye pattern a hexagonal shape. <br>
They hunt amongst foliage for other insects and arachnids. <br>
Not sure of the species so will leave it at genus. <br>
Family: Oxyopidae
Reference Links:
OXYOPIDAE Lynx spiders
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 3, 2017
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