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Lynx spider - Oxyopes elegans

A discovery on a rose flower, was this tiny spider only millimetres in diameter. At first I though it was a jumping spider but on seeing the image enlarged it was evidentially something else. By looking up spider identification sites, I was able to find that it is a Lynx spider. Apparently these spiders do not make webs and capture tiny insects by ambush at high speed. So interesting to see what is not normally so visible.

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Uploaded on October 9, 2017
Taken on October 6, 2017