Oxyopes sp. (genus)

Lynx spider at Hawker, ACT

Oxyopes sp. (genus) at Hawker, ACT - 8 Nov 2020
Oxyopes sp. (genus) at Hawker, ACT - 8 Nov 2020
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Oxyopes sp. (genus) 9 Nov 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 8 Nov 2020 spiderluvr89

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2 comments

   9 Nov 2020
Lynx spiders are day ambush hunters and do leap like jumping spiders - hence the name which refers to cat like behaviour. Lynx spiders have six eyes in a hexagonal arrangement and two smaller eyes below and also have spines on their legs
spiderluvr89 wrote:
   9 Nov 2020
Fantastic info, thanks Michael!

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  • 8 Nov 2020 12:12 PM Recorded on
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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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