"Lynx spiders get their name from the way that they sometimes pounce on their prey in a catlike fashion. These spiders spend their time hunting for insects in bushes and low plants. They are fast runners, but can occasionally be seen lying in wait for prey beside flowers.

They build no web for prey capture, but they do release a silk dragline as they hunt among leaves.

While the Green Lynx spider aggressively attacks its insect prey, it very seldom bites humans."

(from Spiderzrule.com, thanks Erin!)

Look at all my spiky legs...

The spider is probably the common Oxyopes cf. lineatipes, and prey Diaphorina citri

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)

Hmm..., this is my delicious dinner...

Found during a day hike in Ankarana national park, Madagascar.

Look at the beautiful pattern on my body...

It's been a four month occupation of the Coast Goldenbush since I first discovered her here on September 12 and she has built two nest in that time with two successful broods of spiderlings braving the winds and the rains. There is one of her spiderlings present if you look closely.

A Lynx spider sitting on a cement path.

A Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) on a Sunflower. I caught the guy mid-hunt and this was the unsuccessful aftermath. To see the hunt in a picture story check the comments.

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro mounted on a Canon Xti.

Lynx Spider

A small spider, about the size of a regular jumping spider.

Look at all my spiky legs and the beautiful pattern on my back...

Kingdom=Animalia

Phylum=Arthropoda

Class=Arachnida

Order=Araneae

Superfamily=Lycosoidea

Family=Oxyopidae

Genus=Oxyopes

Common name=Lynx spider

Taken with a friends compact camera...these compact ones takes very good macros. Thanks for cam to Himanshu

I found another tiny Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris, Oxyopidae) on leaf of Scrub Oak (Quercus berberidifolia, Fagaceae) 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. (San Marcos Pass, 26 April 2023)

This is a Green Lynx Spider having a snack on a Zinnia flower in August. This was taken in Cartersville, GA

Oxyopes sp. Possibly O. gracilipes or O. elegans

Oxyopes sp. Oxyopidae

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Lynx Spider in a threat posture.

Phylum : Arthropoda

Class : Arachnida

Order : Araneae

Oxyopes birmanicus

Burmese Lynx Spider

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Look at my hairy long legs...

Found during a night hike in Ankarana national park, Madagascar.

Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (Area C)

A Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) with a freshly caught honeybee meal. Found on a Prickly Poppy (Argemone pleicantha) thistle flower.

Green Lynx Spiders feed primarily insects attracted to flowers, such as bees, wasps, butterflies, true bugs, etc.

Early in the year when the Prickly Pear Cacti are flowering I often find them hiding there. Later, when the cacti flowers die off they migrate to the large thistle flowers like this one. Their legs and bright green color actually blend in perfectly.

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro mounted on my wife's Canon Xti.

This was one of many, many Green Lynx Spiders that we saw on our south Texas trip last November. Several had egg sacs or babies.