Spiders

Oxyopidae

Lynx Spiders

General Toshevo, Bulgaria - June 2007

The Lynx Spiders are fast, agile hunters whose visual acuity is good enough to be able to distinguish prey or a mate at a distance of around 10cm despite their eyes being much smaller than members of the Salticidae and Lycosidae.

Trigrad, Bulgaria - June 2007

Trigrad, Bulgaria - June 2007

Family members are easily identified by the hexagonal arangement of their eyes and the very long spines on their legs.