Four-lined Lynx Spider
Oxyopes quadrifasciatus
The adult four-lined lynx spider is usually found on grasses, shrubs, and herbaceous plants in warm open habitats. It is an active hunter that stalks and pounces on small insects, relying on keen reflexes, spiny legs, and a venomous bite instead of a capture web. Its diet includes flies, small moths, leafhoppers, and other arthropods that land within striking distance. The four-lined pattern on the body helps break up its outline among narrow stems and leaves.
- Type
- Venom / Swift
- Conservation status
- NE