Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes
Species:  Oxyopes sp SG TAWAU

Female
1-10-2008 11:55AM

SUNGAI TAWAU  1 OCT 2008 WED 11:54AM
 

Oxyopes sp SG TAWAU is a temporary name after the location it was found, the Sungai Tawau River.  Actual species name uncertain. It could be a Hamadruas hieroglyphica.

Genus Oxyopes spiders are abundant spiders easily found in a garden.
 

Photo above : A female Oxyopes sp SG TAWAU guarding her egg sac on a dried grass stall.

 The hexagonal arrangement of the eyes is characteristic of this genus.

Oxyopes have two large front eyes besides a smaller pair, two on the side of their head and two large ones looking above and backward giving an almost 360 degree view