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Lynx Spider

Oxyopes gratus

Photo by CataAna
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Field Notes

Description:

Small spider, around 1.2 cm

Habitat:

It was on the fence and there was no web around

Species ID Suggestions

Lynx Spider

Oxyopidae sp.

Comments (4)

Thank you for the ID DigantaGogoi. No wonder there was no web, their 'legs, augmented by the spines, seem to be used as a sort of catching-basket in trapping flying insects' according to Wiki.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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