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Juvenile Hamataliwa grisea Keyserling, 1887. Thanks to Jeff Hollenbeck for providing the determination on bugguide. Found at Bracken Cave Preserve in northeast San Antonio. Comal County, Texas, USA.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
This photo comes about two weeks after the previous photo. The Lynx spider mother has been guarding her young the whole time. I think she must have opened the egg case, because the babies didn't come out for a couple of days after it was opened. You may have to view this photo large, but you can see the babies peeking out from their safe hideaway.
Happy 23 Arachtober!
Lynx spiders are the members of the family Oxyopidae. They all are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. At least one species has been identified as exhibiting social behaviour.
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Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
Some members of the genus Oxyopes are abundant enough to be important in agricultural systems as biological control agents. This is especially true of the striped lynx spider (Oxyopes salticus).
best viewed LARGE:
A Green Lynx Spider ambushes bee on Amaranth flower. Shot with Agfa Solinar 1:4.5 105mm mounted on Nikon bellows. Bellows connected to Sony A7 body with Nikon adapter. Texas
2:1 magnification.
Focus stacked from six shots.
I hadn't noticed this species of lynx spider until this Summer. Just about every low woody desert plant has at least one female guarding an egg sack.
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) on the blossom of Narrow Leaf Mule's Ear (Wyethia angustifolia). Seen in northern Sonoma County.
A female Western Lynx Spider, Oxyopes scalaris, waiting in ambush for potential prey in our Colorado Springs, Colorado backyard. June 1, 2019.
A little Lynx with her huge egg sac. Lynx spiders guard their egg sac. It seemed odd that she had it on the end of a leaf so I did a little Googling. Lynxes don't carry their egg sac, but apparently the green lynx at least can move it using silk lines if necessary. Looks like Oxyopes acleistus I think, but I haven't been able to get any confirmation on iNaturalist.
Scarlet the lynx spider (Oxyopes aglossus)
Her distinctive patterns:
- Red stripes on the sides of the face and under the eyes
- Two dark spots on the front of the dorsal prosoma
Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
best viewed LARGE:
Testing the upcoming Laowa 50mm 2:1 macro lens for M4/3 systems.
This set of photos were largely at 2:1 and F/5.6 to F/8. Experimenting, hence some images have very thin DOF.
A juvenile Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) (ID needed) at a coffeeshop in Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Insects and Arachnids in my Fauna ~ Invertebrates Album.
I found this small Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris, Oxyopidae) on a flowering plant of native Wedge-leaved Horkelia (Horkelia cuneata, Rosaceae) in the woods today. Its heavily spined legs give it away as a Lynx Spider, related to the more familiar Green Lynx Spider in this photo, but this one is much smaller. I did get a good shot of the rest of the spider today, but this one is just right for . . . HBBBT! (San Marcos Pass, 25 June 2020)