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Lynx - Oxyopes salticus - male
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Lynx - Oxyopes salticus - Male
The Woodlands, Montgomery County, Texas, USA
June 17, 2007
We have very little experience identifying spiders, so please help us learn. The spines, and other features seem to go with the description here, on the Oxyopid family page. Can someone confirm or correct our attempt to classify it, and possibly help us classify it more specifically?

Thanks for any help.

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Contributed by The Longs on 1 July, 2007 - 2:43pm
Last updated 1 July, 2007 - 7:42pm

An
adult male Oxyopes, probably salticus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 July, 2007 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jeff
for the quick ID. Looking at salticus, many of the spiders look like ours, so we're excited to have correctly figured out the family. Thanks for suggesting the species. Did you know the gender by the pedipalps? After reviewing that, we think they definitely look male!

There are already three pages of images of this spider, many from Texas (but none for this month.) We'll move it to the guide for now, understanding that you or another editor will purge it if it's not helpful.
… The Longs, 1 July, 2007 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
the palps are those of an adult male.
The coloration of adult male salticus helps if you can't see the palps. They are generally very iridescent.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 July, 2007 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

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