by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Spiders Page | Jeff's Nature Pages
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) Weedy field near mixed woods in Orange Co., NC 5 June 2008 Common in fields & grassy habitats in North Carolina. |
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Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) Weedy field near mixed woods in Orange Co., NC 5 June 2008 |
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Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) Weedy field near mixed woods in Orange Co., NC 5 June 2008 |
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Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Chatham Co., NC 24 Sep 2008 Lynx spiders are known for actively guarding eggs & spiderlings. |
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Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 |
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Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Craven Co., NC 29 Aug 2004 Green Lynx Spider dining on a Delaware Skipper. |
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Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Craven Co., NC 29 Aug 2004 Green Lynx Spider dining on a Clouded Skipper. |
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Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 Green Lynx Spider dining on a bumble bee. |
Created on ... Oct 25, 2007 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com