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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).
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Here is a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) watching over her new spiderlings on their egg sac. The spiderlings are only a few days old, I know they weren't emerged before the weekend. I've been watching this spider since September 19, see this photo taken back when she was really green. It's been interesting to watch her slowly turn red. The mama spiders are truly devoted mothers who guard their egg sacks until the spiderlings disperse. Arachtober 22a. (San Marcos Pass, 22 October 2018)
Today was a bit cooler than yesterday and a little more breezy. It felt like a "fog wind" - my name for the turbulent winds that form at the top of the marine layer fog. Sundowner winds were in the forecast tonight, but nothing has happened yet.
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.
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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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Green Lynx Spider (Puecetia viridans).
Common Sunflower. (Helianthus annuus).
Village Creek Drying Beds. Arlington, Texas.
Tarrant County. 29 July 2018.
Olympus E-P5. Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm f4-5.6 II.
(200mm) f9 @ 1/400 sec. ISO 250.
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.
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.
Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC).
A female lynx spider guards her nest in reflected sunrise light. 51-shot stack, 4500 feet above sea level, San Gabriel mountains.
Not the most comfortable pair in the world .... but note the spider's dainty light footed touch with the weight being born by the fourth leg segments which all have an "ankle bend". Note also the difference in lighting of the upper legs (in sunlight) and the lower legs (in shade).
This is another shot of a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) with a tiny spiderling in the woods today. This one has made her nest in a shrub of native Sawtooth Goldenbush (Hazardia squarrosa, Asteraceae). The mama spiders are truly devoted mothers who guard their egg sacks until the spiderlings disperse. I could probably fill my card for the whole month of Arachtober with these spiders if I really looked! Arachtober 29a. (San Marcos Pass, 29 October 2022)
I found another Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) on native Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora, Asteraceae) that has gone to seed in the woods today. Arachtober 21. (San Marcos Pass, 21 October 2022)
I found this Lynx Spider eating lunch on a nearby branch where I shot the Sharpshooter Leafhopper. It was half way done taking off the fly's head. It seemed like this Lynx was interested in the head only. I wonder why? I wished I could do stacking for these images to get more dof, but it happened too fast and the spider did not stay still for long.
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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.
Common genera in the United States include Oxyopes—the common lynx spiders—and Peucetia—the green lynx spiders.
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.
Found on private property on Mudlo Road just to the north of Mudlo National Park. Queensland, Australia. Note: I had met the property owner on the road and he was kind enough to allow me to roam around on his property as long as I promised not to get lost.
Single exposure, significantly cropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.