Lynx spiders

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With about five weeks of effective flowering & another three weeks to complete fibre elongation, a total of eight weeks without stress is required to have uninterrupted fibre length in all bolls.

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Can be residents in Australian cotton fields - No or little known damage or effect as a beneficial
These arthropods have beneficial effects in the crop - generally prey on or displace pest species
These arthropods have been known to damage or are associated with damage in cotton. NB some of these species act to suppress other pest species
These exotic pests are not present in Australia but are a threat if introduced
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SUSTAINABLE COTTON LANDSCAPES

1:	Think beyond the crop
2:	Encourage beneficials with diverse, messy vegetation
3:	Do not disturb, conserve your beneficials
4:	Consider birds and bats as beneficials
5:	Control weeds on the farm
6:	Consider water availability

Spiders- The Hunters
Spiders -The Web Builders

Lynx spiders

Oxyopes spp

Lynx spiders, Oxyopes spp. are active hunters usually seen near the tops of plants. They do not make a web but use their good eyesight to locate prey, then jump on it from a distance. Their legs bear numerous characteristic spines. Their abdomens are narrow and pointed and usually pale brown to green and striped. As in almost all spiders, the young disperse by 'ballooning' from tall plants where the silk is played out into the breeze until the pull lifts and carries them away. Most spiders arrive on cotton in this way in early summer and do not mature and reproduce until the crop is flowering. Lynx spiders are generalist predators like most spiders and have been observed eating small helicoverpa larvae and jassids and are known as important predators of Mirids (Cotton Flea hopper) in the United States.

Mirid Predation Videos:

Lynx spider ambush on cotton stem . (.wmv 575 KB)	Lynx spider ambush on cotton leaf. (.WMV 1.4MB)	Lynx spider orientation and attack. (.wmv 540KB)
Lynx spider feeding. (.wmv 298KB)

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