ß Home
The family of the Oxyopidae contains two genera in Australia, Oxyopes and Peucatia. The last one contains one described species. The genus Oxyopidae contains fourteen described species
Below: Australian Oxyopes macilentus guarding her cocoon. |
|
The male performs a dance before the female using it
legs, abdomen and especially his palps.
The spider can be easily be identified by the very long spines on their legs and their eye setting. Their abdomen is like a pencil ending in a point. The size of these spiders is between 4 and 10 mm.
Below: Australian Oxyopes elegans guarding her cocoon. |
|
Genus Oxyopes
Oxyopes elegans | Oxyopes elegans |
Oxyopes elegans | |
Oxyopes quadrifasciatus | Oxyopes elegans male |
Oxyopes macilentus | Oxyopes sp. male |
Oxyopes ZZ271 | |
Oxyopes rubicundus Red Lynx Spider | Oxyopes rubicundus |
Oxyopes rubicundus Picture Robert Whyte | Oxyopes rubicundus? Picture Robert Whyte |
Oxyopes rubicundus Sydney (Picture Roy Barnes) | |
Oxyopes variabilis female | Oxyopes variabilis female |
Oxyopes variabilis male | Oxyopes variabilis male |
Oxyopes ZZ357 | Oxyopes ZZ357 |
Oxyopes ZZ356 | Oxyopes ZZ356 |
Oxyopes ZZ153 | Oxyopes ZZ153 |
Oxyopes ZZ102 | Oxyopes ZZ102 |
Oxyopes ZZ103 | Oxyopes ZZ155 |
Oxyopes ZZ104 | Oxyopes ZZ104 |
Oxyopes ZZ105 | Oxyopes ZZ105 |
Oxyopes ZZ106 | Oxyopes ZZ106 |
Oxyopes ZZ107 |
Ed Nieuwenhuys, 22 march 2023
If not noted pictures by me or Jurgen Otto
15 November 2022 6 Novenber 2016, 2 April 2012, 25 March 2007, 1 november 2006,November 22, 2002
Copyright ã 1997-2023