Family: Oxyopidae

Scientific Name: Oxyopes scalaris

Size: 7 – 8 mm

Gender: female

Oxyopes, like other members of the family Oxiopidae, hunt in vegetation. These spiders are fast and can jump. Note the long spines on the legs, the pointed abdomen, and, if you have a hand lens, the special eye arrangement. This specimen (D86 Views 1-3), however, was found on the wall of a garage.
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1-3 – D86 (Whittier, Ca / 14 April 06) | 4 – D765 (Fullerton / 9 May 13)