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Oxyopes sp.
This small lynx spider had a leg span of about 10 to 12 mm. Legs were pale, long and spikey. The body had black and white stripes through the length of it and what looked like a fuzz of fine red hairs around the cephalothorax making it look like an attractive two-toned spider at a glance. Palps were large and dark suggesting that it was male.
Suburban garden
Spiders in this family have eight eyes - 2 sets in 4 rows. Three of the rows have larger eyes, giving the eye pattern a hexagonal shape.
They hunt amongst foliage for other insects and arachnids.
Not sure of the species so will leave it at genus.
Family: Oxyopidae
Spotted on Nov 29, 2017
Submitted on Dec 3, 2017
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So cute, and nice information, thank you so much.