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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 - female
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

Lynx Spider? - Oxyopes scalaris - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: 1/4 inch +/-
I'm guessing Lynx Spider. If it is, it's the most common Lynx I've found in the yard this year.
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 18 October, 2008 - 9:59pm
Last updated 12 May, 2009 - 10:47pm

Moved
Moved from Oxyopes.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 May, 2009 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lynx Spiders.
… Ken Schneider, 13 February, 2009 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Oxyopes -
I think - based on the long leg IV. Might be scalaris, but I'm not sure how to separate this genus yet... Jeff H. might be able to ID it.
… Ken Schneider, 13 February, 2009 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

yes
a lynx
… Lynette Elliott, 19 October, 2008 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, Lynette.
I had found only one image in the guide that was similar: http://bugguide.net/node/view/147597/bgimage - but the spider in that image didn't have the side stripes on the abdomen. Is there a possibility to determine genus or species from my image?
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 19 October, 2008 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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