Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Lynx Spider

Description:

Oxyopidae in general rely on keen eyesight in stalking, chasing, or ambushing prey, and also in avoiding enemies. 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. - Wikipedia @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_spider...

Habitat:

Urban garden.

Notes:

Family: Oxyopidae

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

Milind Mangare
Milind Mangare 11 years ago

awesome macro

Guimba, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 16, 2012
Submitted on Nov 16, 2012

Related Spottings

Lynx spider Lynx spider Lynx Spider Lynx spider

Nearby Spottings

Zebra Dove Yellow-vented Bulbul Cream Wave Albizia Defoliator Moth

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team