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Some species of Oxyopidae eating an ant on a fig leaf in my backyard -- as they appear to enjoy doing.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
Genus=Oxyopes ID by to Robert Whyte
Common name=Lynx spider
Some species of Oxyopidae eating an ant on a fig leaf in my backyard -- as they appear to enjoy doing.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
genus=Oxyopes
Oxyopidae>Oxyopes Lynx spider
A green lynx spider has found a home on the inflorescence of an onion that we planted in our back yard. Taken in San Diego, August 2009.
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Photographed at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, Texas, on 1 November 2017.
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A tiny Variable Lynx Spider (Oxyopes variabilis), which is identifiable by the distinct "V" patterning, waits patiently for its next meal.
There are several genera and they tend to differ in their habits and adaptations. For example most Oxyopes and Hamataliwa species are small to medium in size; they tend to be drab and especially the latter tend to be ambush hunters in ways resembling the crab spiders (Thomisidae). Some occupy flowers and wait for pollinating insects, whereas others lie in wait on plant stalks or bark. The Peucetia species on the other hand, commonly are larger, vivid green, and rangy; they are active runners and leapers. Oxyopidae in general rely on keen eyesight in stalking, chasing, or ambushing prey, and also in avoiding enemies. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. The other two eyes are smaller and generally situated in front and below the other six.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
genus=Oxyopes
Oxyopidae>Oxyopes Lynx spider
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 ID by to Robert Whyte
Common name=Lynx spider
A jade-colored lynx spider hanging upside down in green grass waiting to throw her strands of silk around whatever prey happens to wander by.
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