Lynx Spider

Description:

A Lynx Spider is seen coming out of a molt in this series. In biology, moulting or molting, also known as sloughing, shedding, or for some species, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often but not always an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of year, or at specific points in its life cycle. For more information on Molting please refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulting

Habitat:

Seen near a farm.

Notes:

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. Lynx Spiders 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. Lynx Spiders 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.