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Lynx spider

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Species:
Oxyopes species (QM)
Family:
Oxyopidae
Body length:
female: 7 mm
male: 6 mm
Habitat:
Like other oxyopids this species tends to use its colouring as camouflage. It does not make a web to catch insects but simply ambushes them.
Toxicity:
Unknown, but a bite by this species will cause local pain and inflammation and possible mild illness in humans
Oxyopes species
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Front view
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Side view
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Underneath female

This species has the usual hexagonal eye pattern and spiny legs of oxyopids and shares their ability to jump rapidly from surface to surface.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Oxyopes elegans and Oxyopes rubicundus.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 27 March 2008.