Oxyopes elegans

Elegant Lynx Spider at Undefined Area

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Identification history

	Oxyopes elegans	30 Mar 2023	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	30 Mar 2023	arjay

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Smaller rather than larger. It almost appeared to be flying from leaf to leaf. I assume it was doing something with web and the air currents but also wondered about all those spines on its legs and whether they helped in 'flying'.

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Location information

Maps Mongarlowe River

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At least 1 Abundance
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Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Oxyopes elegans Scientific name
Elegant Lynx Spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 788m Recorded at altitude
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