A common Brisbane Spider recorded in Queenland Museum's Brisbane wildlife guide. The female is around 7-9 mm and the male a little smaller (around 5 mm). This spider hunts on the leaves of plants. They can jump like the Salticidae and use this ability to pounce on their prey. The eyes are in the typical hexagonal pattern of the Oxyopidae, and the spikes on the forelegs are characteristic of Oxyopes species. O. elegans and O. quadrifasciatus have black lines along the length of the insides of their legs, whereas other Oxyopes species like O. variabilis do not have this. O. elegans and O. quadrifasciatus are often found together in grass, whereas other Oxyopes spp like variabilis are more often found hunting on shrubs.
- Female adult 4108 face on
- Female adult 4108 from above
- Female adult 4108 side on
- Male adult 7710 in alcohol facing
- Male adult 7710 in alcohol oblique from above
- Male adult 7710 palp from back (dorsal)
- Male adult 7710 palp from side
- Male adult 7710 palp from front (ventral)
- Male adult 7710 palp from side
- Male 1619 sub-adult face on
- Male 1619 sub-adult facing
- Male 1619 sub-adult facing
- Female 2229 green colour variation
- Juvenile 2229
- Juvenile 2229 on net
- Female 1539 adult on her nest from above
- Female adult 2139 colour variation, brown and white, large abdomen probably pregnant
- Female 2439 having lost most of its scales
- Juvenile 2239 Semi translucent with green pattern
- Juvenile 549 Underneath closeup
- Male 22118 with red cephalothorax from above
- Male 22118 with red cephalothorax side on
- Female adult 9810 in alcohol from above
- Female adult 9810 facing
- Female adult 9810 underneath
- Female adult 9810 epigynum
Female adult 4108 face on
Female adult 4108 from above
Female adult 4108 side on
Male adult 7710 in alcohol facing
Male adult 7710 in alcohol oblique from above
Male adult 7710 palp from back (dorsal)
Male adult 7710 palp from side
Male adult 7710 palp from front (ventral)
Male adult 7710 palp from side
Male 1619 sub-adult face on
Male 1619 sub-adult facing
Male 1619 sub-adult facing
Female 2229 green colour variation
Juvenile 2229
Juvenile 2229 on net
Female 1539 adult on her nest from above
Female adult 2139 colour variation, brown and white, large abdomen probably pregnant
Female 2439 having lost most of its scales
The patterning of stripes on the bodies of these spiders is a result of scales of different colours and reflectivity.
Juvenile 2239 Semi translucent with green pattern
Juvenile 549 Underneath closeup
Male 22118 with red cephalothorax from above
The males appear to darken and reduce in size as they moult and become adult. This male matches the O. elegans photo in Jennifer Shield's Spiders of Bendigo, photo 91 on p.33. It has the black lines lengthways on the insides of the front legs, therefore it is not the 'variabilis' type and it is not O. quadrifasciatus, which leaves only O. elegans or another species altogether.
Male 22118 with red cephalothorax side on
Female adult 9810 in alcohol from above
Female adult 9810 facing
Female adult 9810 underneath
Female adult 9810 epigynum
