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Found this on an oregano plant and found it interesting when i tried to catch it the first time it seemed to be trying to intimidate the stick via raising it's 2 front legs
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- Submitted: Mar 7, 2018
- Photographed: Mar 7, 2018
- Spider: Oxyopidae (Lynx Spiders)
- Sex:
Male, - Location: Parañaque, Philippines
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
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May 9, 2019
Apr 15, 2019
Bangkok, 
Based on its eyes i would have to say it’s a lynx spider actually
Yes I agree, I’m only filing to family but I think in the Philippines Oxyopes is most likely.
How do you know if a spider is male or female btw?
Mostly the leg-like appendages near the spider’s mouth (pedipalps). On mature and penultimate (one molt from maturity) male spiders the pedipalps become enlarged. On female and immature spiders they are typically slender throughout. Mature female spiders have a structure on the ventral side called an epigynum. The pedipalps and epigynum are reproductive organs. Sometimes there are other things that give it away, sometimes if the spider just appears to be a certain size I might assume it’s a female because a male would be smaller, or sometimes mature males will have other structural differences like a smaller abdomen with longer… Read more »