After you suggested it was a Lynx spider I went through the photos on http://www.brisbaneinsects.com for Lynx spiders, and I thought this one matched more closely to the Elegant Lynx Spider than the Common Lynx Spider.
Hope you will not be disappointed. This is actually not a Jumping Spider (Salticidae), that means that it is not a Opisthoncus. This is a member of the Lynx Spiders family, the Oxyopidae. Jumping Spiders and Lynx Spider looks similar but they are different. You can tell them apart from their eye patterns.
This spider was on the petal of a gerbera. He was very small as the petals were only about 7-8mm wide. And you can see the split in the centre of the petal, with the spider on the right hand half. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbera
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Yup, they kinda look alike.
Since this spider in the photo is a young one, identification is hard because once it matures, it might change a lot.
Hi Chun,
After you suggested it was a Lynx spider I went through the photos on http://www.brisbaneinsects.com for Lynx spiders, and I thought this one matched more closely to the Elegant Lynx Spider than the Common Lynx Spider.
What do you think?
Regards
Craig.
Thus, Lynx Spiders are usually much more spikier.
Hope you will not be disappointed.
This is actually not a Jumping Spider (Salticidae), that means that it is not a Opisthoncus.
This is a member of the Lynx Spiders family, the Oxyopidae.
Jumping Spiders and Lynx Spider looks similar but they are different.
You can tell them apart from their eye patterns.
No problem.
I'll post the photos of the gerbera itself a bit later this week. I'll post a few wider crops of the same photos in just a moment.
Cheers!
Thanks Craig! I like the photos even better knowing how tiny the subject is.
This spider was on the petal of a gerbera. He was very small as the petals were only about 7-8mm wide. And you can see the split in the centre of the petal, with the spider on the right hand half.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbera
Nice angles. Is it standing on a leaf or a blossom? Whatever it is, the color is lovely.