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Oxyopes sp.
Spotted on Feb 23, 2013
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013
9 Comments
ok, thank you
I think it is safe to say, common name: lynx spider
scientific name: Oxyopes sp.
I've just uploaded another spider photo that I think he is males. is still in the same species?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/183...
Frazier, it is quite complicated to make sure what it was that same picture, because I can not directly compare. so is it better that I just listed the lynx spider as a name?
thank you Maria
Hello Dyah. If I may suggest, with a name like "Papuan" it might be good to take a more careful look at this. It could occur in Java, but then again it might not. There are almost 300 species of Oxyopes sp. lynx spiders. Oxyopes papuanus is just one. There is even a Oxyopes javanus. In trying to ID species on PN, there are at least two things to consider. Of course one looks for images that resemble the spotting specimen. But equally important is to make sure that the species that looks like the spotting, actually occurs where the spotting took place. There are many species which resemble other species but that live far away from where the spotting occurred. Oftentimes it is simply not possible to ID some creatures to species level just by looking at images. I had a similar spotting and see how I dealt with this uncertainty over which species it was http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/700... in the comments.
Nice one!
thanks Johan for the reference. I've found that is kind of Lynx Spider, called Papuan Lynx Spider.
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details...
This is a Lynx Spider, but I don't know the species in your area.