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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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Lynx Spider - Oxyopes scalaris
Copyright © 2006 Aaron Michael Peterson

Lynx Spider - Oxyopes scalaris
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
May 8, 2006
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Contributed by Aaron Michael Peterson on 8 May, 2006 - 7:19pm
Last updated 9 May, 2006 - 10:35pm

this
is actually a Lynx spider (Oxypidae). but this one is a jumping lynx ;)
… Omar Fahmy, 9 May, 2006 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID, Omar! How do you tell the difference between Jumping Spiders and Lynx Spiders?
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 9 May, 2006 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

 
jumpig
spiders have two big mid anterior eyes. lynxes dont. also lynxes have leg spines, but jumping spiders dont
… Omar Fahmy, 10 May, 2006 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
Lynxes VS Jumping Spiders
Cool. Thanks for the information. It will certainly be helpful to me when I am trying to identify spiders. :)
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 12 June, 2006 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

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