Lynx Spider

Description:

Lynx spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Some occupy flowers and wait for pollinating insects, whereas others lie in wait on plant stalks or bark. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. The other two eyes are smaller and generally situated in front and below the other six. The Oxyopidae also have spiny legs, and in many species those legs, augmented by the spines, seem to be used as a sort of catching-basket in trapping flying insects.

Habitat:

Seen near flowering garden.