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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae) » Oxyopes » Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus)
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Striped Lynx Spider - Oxyopes salticus - male
Copyright © 2007 Marvin Smith

Striped Lynx Spider - Oxyopes salticus - Male
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
June 9, 2007
Tiny and very quick ... on the end of a daisy petal ... Marvin.
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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 10 June, 2007 - 12:19am
Last updated 24 June, 2007 - 11:48pm

Moved
Moved from Lynx Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 June, 2007 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jeff.
Thanks for providing a species ID.
… Marvin Smith, 24 June, 2007 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

 
You
are welcome. Lynx's are one of my favorite groups!
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 25 June, 2007 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

Lynx Spider
That's a Lynx Spider belonging to the family Oxyopidae. It's large padipalps suggest that it might be a male (which are used for transferring sperm during mating). These spiders don't construct webs but instead hunt small insects that land on plant stems, flowers and leaves.

Looks like it has pink/metallic colouration. Nice shot.
… Kamran Iftikhar, 10 June, 2007 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

 
Lynx-like quickness and agility...
Thank you for the family ID.

I reckon they'd better be quick and agile since camouflage is not an option when you're hot pink. (Marvin)
… Marvin Smith, 10 June, 2007 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

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