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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

Reference Links:

Lynx spider

Species ID Suggestions

Lynx Spider

Oxyopidae sp.
DigantaGogoi
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Comments (4)
CataAna
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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Mission
International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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