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Graceful-legs Lynx

Oxyopes gracilipes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 28, February 18, March 33, April 52, May 16, June 16, July 18, August 12, September 29, October 87, November 98, December 58.
New Zealand465
Australia339
Victoria204
Canterbury Region144
Wellington Region75
Manawatu-Wanganui Region71
Northland Region53
New South Wales49
South Australia39
Queensland29

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyLynx Spiders · Oxyopidae
GenusGrass Lynx Spiders · Oxyopes

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