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Striped Lynx - Oxyopes salticus - male
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Striped Lynx - Oxyopes salticus - Male
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, California, USA
May 10, 2009
Found on the same daisy as this female:
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 10 May, 2009 - 11:09pm

Sharing a daisy, eh?
Did you perhaps interrupt some stage of courtship? (Interloper!)

Seriously though, very nice images of this lynx pair.
… Harsi S. Parker, 10 May, 2009 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Sharing a daisy - sounds like they had two straws in it.
He was staring off into space, while she looked at him (or his meal) longingly. Hours later, she was still there, but he was gone.
… Ron Hemberger, 10 May, 2009 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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