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Plain Brown Lynx spider feeding on two mirids. Lynx spiders don't use their silk in prey capture or to wrap their prey, relying on their spiny legs and mouthparts to manipulate and restrain prey.

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Mirid Predation by Lynx Spiders  
The attached movies illustrate behaviours of Lynx spiders that have been observed in the field.

 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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