I wanted to re-pot the lemongrass plant that I planted on the side of the gate when I noticed this spider resting or waiting for the prey to come and ambush it as food.
This is the Oxyopes salticus is a species of lynx spider, commonly known as the striped lynx spider, first described by Hentz in 1845. and it is a kind of nonweb threading spider that rely on ambushing the prey than hunting or making th web to trap its prey.
It has a nice pattern on its body, with some brown stripes that can be seen along its body. And you can also see some hairs on its legs, it might be used to detect the movement of the prey that might come closer to its ambushing place.
And look at its eyes, the size of its eyes is a little bit not matching with the size of its body. Like most of the spiders, it has 8 eyes in total. so cool right?
| Photo Style | Macro Photography | Accesory | 50 mm Canon lens + Adapter + Extension tube | |
| Location | Bali, Indonesia | Lighting | External Flash | |
| Gear | Olympus OMD Em5 Mark ii | Diffuser | Cekrek Diffuser |
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