Lynx Spiders (Oxyopidae)

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Lynx spiders are small to medium spiders that hunt insects and other spiders by ambush. Lynx spiders take many butterflies on flowers.
Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus)
Weedy field near mixed woods in Orange Co., NC
5 June 2008

Common in fields & grassy habitats in North Carolina.

Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus)
Weedy field near mixed woods in Orange Co., NC
5 June 2008

Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus)
Weedy field near mixed woods in Orange Co., NC
5 June 2008


Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Chatham Co., NC
24 Sep 2008

Lynx spiders are known for actively guarding eggs & spiderlings.

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Craven Co., NC
29 Aug 2004

Green Lynx Spider dining on a Delaware Skipper.

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Craven Co., NC
29 Aug 2004

Green Lynx Spider dining on a Clouded Skipper.

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008

Green Lynx Spider dining on a bumble bee.



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