Lynx spider
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 Green lynx spider with eggcase
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Oxyopes |
'"Lynx Spiders"' are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
Common genera in the United States include Oxyopes—the common lynx spiders—and Peucetia—the green lynx spiders.
Some members of the genus Oxyopes are abundant enough to be important in agricultural systems as biological control agents. This is especially true of the striped lynx spider Oxyopes salticus.
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- Hamataliwa Keyserling, 1887 (America, China, Africa, Australia)
- Hostus Simon, 1898 (Madagascar)
- Megullia Thorell, 1897 (Vietnam)
- Oxyopes Latreille, 1804 (Africa, America, Australia, Mediterranean to Asia)
- Peucetia Thorell, 1869 (worldwide)
- Pseudohostus Rainbow, 1915 (Australia)
- Schaenicoscelis Simon, 1898 (South America)
- Tapinillus Simon, 1898 (South America)
- Tapponia Simon, 1885 (South Asia)
 Male Oxyopes sp.? |
 Tan Lynx spider facing camera |
 Green Lynx spider with bee |
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