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With its prey, nymph of a flower mantis.... captured in my garden. Press L and have a better view 😊
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Spotted on the tender leaves of Moringa tree (Drumstick tree) in my backyard
The colour of the legs of this species changes according to the background .
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These Jumping spider (Salticidae) live in my garden, and sometimes try living inside with me. They make little use of webs, instead spending their lives as hunting spiders on plants and among the flowers where they ambush pollinators such as bees, much as Crab spiders do. This spider was in my kitchen where he posed on a plate before jumping onto my hand and surprising me more than I expected. Still, we parted the best of friends, I know this because it returned the next day for a second photo session.
I took a short hike in the mid-day heat, at the new River Ranch County Park near Leander, TX. I wasn't expecting a whole lot, but I got this and a couple of other nice surprises...
Lynx Spiders are easily recognised by their eye arrangement in which six of the eight eyes form a hexagon. Their long legs are armed with nearly erect spines.
The egg-sac is usually attached to a twig and is guarded by the mother until the spiderlings hatch.
Alicante Province, Atzeneta d'Albaida, Spain
One of only a couple of spiders I came across on the trip. A fairly small spider these are an ambush hunter being fast runners but preferring to wait on low flowers for their prey to arrive.
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Photographed this Lynx Spider on this same flower in August. She is now sitting on her egg sac and guarding it. She built the egg sac at least a month ago so I expect to see the babies emerge soon.
The field where we like to take the dog has lots of these tiny lynx spiders - if you watch a patch of grass for a minute you can usually see motion as they hop around. I managed to catch this one on a blade of grass. If you look closely it appears that the pedipalps (black apppendages on front) are kind of furry...
With 25 mm tube
A female Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) waiting for prey on top of a pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla).
It is a bright-green lynx spider usually found on green plants. It is the largest North American species. The body of the female may be as much as 22 millimeters (0.87 in) long. The male is smaller, being more slender and averaging 12 millimeters (0.47 in) in length. There often is a red patch between the eyes, with a few red spots on the body.
On an anemone flower. These flowers have shown up in great numbers, a sign of things to come. And the critters are finding them...
A Green Lynx Spider waiting for breakfast to arrive on a Lawyers Tongue prickly pear cactus blossom. Dedicated macro lens. My side yard. No crop.
Lynx spider eating smaller spider. Size does count!
I had my tripod set up to photograph a resting lynx spider when she suddenly took off down the stalk. By the time I had caught up with her she was well and truly into breakfast.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, May 2013.
"Wet Green Lynx Spider" - A Green Lynx spider after a short rain. It is carrying a water droplet and seems disinterested.
A green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) eating a tiger moth (Artciinae) while perched on a Palafoxia flower.
Notice the pollen stuck to the back legs of the spider.
Oxyopes salticus - "Lynx spider is the common name for any member of the family Oxyopidae. Most species make little use of webs, instead spending their lives as hunting spiders on plants. Many species frequent flowers in particular, ambushing pollinators, much as crab spiders do. They tend to tolerate members of their own species more than most spiders do, and at least one species has been identified as exhibiting social behaviour." - Wikipedia