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Lynx Spiders
Oxyopidae
Lynx spider is the common name for any member of the family Oxyopidae. Most species make little use of webs, instead spending their lives as hunting spiders on plants. Many species frequent flowers in particular, ambushing pollinators, much as crab spiders do. They tend to tolerate members of their own species more than most spiders do, and at least one species has been identified as exhibiting social behaviour.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Grass Lynx Spiders
genusOxyopes
Green Lynx Spiders
genusPeucetia
Hamadruas
genusHamadruas
Crowned Lynx Spiders
genusHamataliwa
Tapinillus
genusTapinillus
Schaenicoscelis
genusSchaenicoscelis
Tapponia
genusTapponia
Pseudohostus
genusPseudohostus
Hostus
genusHostus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83843.