Elegant Lynx Spider at Undefined Area
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
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
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Collections
arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oxyopes elegans Other hunting spiders Spiders
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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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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