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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae) » Oxyopes » Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris)
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Oxyopes sp. male - Oxyopes scalaris - male
Copyright © 2009 Kevin Pfeiffer

Oxyopes sp. male - Oxyopes scalaris - Male
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
June 23, 2009
Here the same specimen, photographed five days later, after moulting and now mature. The body has a light irridescent sheen.

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Oxyopes sp. male - Oxyopes scalaris - male Oxyopes sp. male - Oxyopes scalaris - male Pedipalp, left, retrolateral view - Oxyopes scalaris - male
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Contributed by Kevin Pfeiffer on 29 June, 2009 - 1:10am
Last updated 19 June, 2010 - 4:17am

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… Kevin Pfeiffer, 19 June, 2010 - 4:17am login or register to post comments

 
Nice job.
When you have correctly identified a spider using the palp or epigyne, you can put the image on the info page as a voucher specimen. You can see how I've done it here.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 June, 2010 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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… Kevin Pfeiffer, 19 June, 2010 - 2:06am login or register to post comments

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… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 June, 2009 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

Great shot
another Western Lynx I think.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 June, 2009 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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