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- This page contains pictures and information about Lynx Spiders that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Lynx Spiders have very good vision although their eyes are relatively
small. They have eight eyes,
in the pattern four rows of two. Lynx Spiders can be found in tree or on grass, usually on the top of the
plants. They move actively in day time
hunting small insects. They have a long body and long thin legs. Legs are
covered with long spines. They hunt in the ways like a cat, i.e.,
slowly approach the prey and suddenly jump to it. So the spiders have their name Lynx.
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- Common Lynx Spider
  - Oxyopes sp., leg to leg 20mm, female Male
- Lynx Spiders are long legs spiders, small in size. The spiders are
common in Brisbane garden. They do not build web but hunt small insects
on plants. We have more information and pictures in this page.
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- Elegant Lynx Spider
 - Oxyopes elegans, leg to leg 20mm
- Elegant Lynx Spiders are small in size, long legs spiders with medium size
abdomen. This spider is not as
common as the Common Lynx Spider above in Brisbane garden. They are pale
brown in colour and larger in size. Please click on here
for more pictures and information.
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- Yellow Lynx Spider
 - Oxyopes sp., leg to leg 20mm
- Pictures were taken on 21 Oct 2007.
- Reference:
- 1. Lynx
spider -
The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian
Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2007.
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- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
1969, p43.
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