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Lynx Spider

Oxyopes javanus

Photo by Richard Ong
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

adult female - photo1: guarding over her egg sac
photo2: guarding over her newly hatched spiderlings

when defending egg sacs... many females tend to flee rapidly when approached by predators or large creatures such as humans. once all are fully hatched... the female will leave her young ones behind to fend for themselves.!

Habitat:

suburban residential area house plant

Notes:

Araneae; Oxyopidae

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PublishedOctober 8, 2019

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