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Found this little guy (about 5mm) with his lady! Unlike the female, for whom the species is named, this guy has iridescent scales on his abdomen!
CLASS: Chelicerata (Arachnids)
ORDER: Araneae
FAMILY: Oxyopidae (Lynx Spiders)
GENUS/SPECIES: Oxyopes salticus
My camera had trouble with the difference in brightness between the black around the head and the rest of the spider. Other insects may as well. Also, this fellow let me move all around and take lots of pictures. I've found this to be a behaviour common to insects that have some sort of blending-in/visual tromp-d'oueil up their sleeves.
Note: Probably a Lynx Spider. Unknown species though.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
Genus=Oxyopes
Common name=Lynx spider
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
Genus=Oxyopes
Common name=Lynx spider
Stumbled on this buddy in the garden, it was nice enough to wait for me to get my gear at home (with sky and sun just behind) :D
Some species of Oxyopidae eating an ant on a fig leaf in my backyard -- as they appear to enjoy doing.
Lynx spider on guard
And it wasn't going to move no matter how close my lens got!
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In Florida, the green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz), is the spider most often received for identification by Division of Plant Industry entomologists. It is a conspicuous, large, bright green spider found on many kinds of shrublike plants throughout the southern United States and is the largest North American lynx spider. Although it is common throughout Florida and aggressively attacks its insect prey, it very seldom bites humans. While its bite is of little concern to humans, the green lynx spider is of interest because of its potential use in agricultural pest management
entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/green_lynx_spider...