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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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Forward footed spider - Oxyopes scalaris
Copyright © 2010 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Forward footed spider - Oxyopes scalaris
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
June 9, 2010
Is there any significance to the way it has its legs forward? My impression is that these eat something very small.

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Forward footed spider - Oxyopes scalaris Forward footed spider - Oxyopes scalaris
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 1 October, 2010 - 5:15pm
Last updated 2 October, 2010 - 11:13am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 October, 2010 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the help!
Interesting comments. I could not help noticing the extremely long spikes on the legs, so knowing that they catch their prey with their legs makes that understandable! It would be interesting to know what their prey is, but it is probably larger than what I would have guessed. Thanks for the info!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 4 October, 2010 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
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If you click on the images tab above and then look at all the images we have of this species you will see some of its prey.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 October, 2010 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Good Idea!
I am guessing that there are some good action shots? That idea had not occurred to me!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 4 October, 2010 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Western Lynx
It's a Lynx spider, I'd guess a Western Lynx

They chase insects across vegitation and catch them with their legs to eat them

So I'd guess their front legs face forward like a crab spider's for better grabbing and holding.
… Sara Rall , 1 October, 2010 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks like -
a Western Lynx Spider, most likely. I'm not sure about the usual prey for this family...
… Ken Schneider, 1 October, 2010 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

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