Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning
I see Oxyopes frequently during my night walks around the forest
near Queensway Secondary School. I see what are different variations of
the same spider - so I asked Joseph Koh - what is the difference between,
for example, Oxyopes birmanicus and Oxyopes lineatipes.
O. birmanicus is listed for Myanmar and O. lineatipes and
Joseph states that the superficial differences are minimal if at all.
Even the differences in genitalia are quite subtle. Because most of
my Oxyopes are from Singapore, I'm labeling them O. lineatipes
Early morning at Queensway secondary School - A tiger moth
Female Oxyopes lineatipes - hunting
Female Oxyopes lineatipes
Female Oxyopes lineatipes
This female Oxyopes lineatipes caught a small moth for breakfast
Butterfly sleeping
Buterfly sleeping
Male Oxyopes lineatipes Note the black spheres at the tip of his palps
Male Oxyopes lineatipes - note bulbus black palps
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