CLOSED: Spider with poison 'claws'... which one?

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 10, 2007

Look at those claws! Which is this creepy spider please?

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Aug 10, 2007

I certainly don't know....but I'm very glad it lives in India instead of here!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Aug 10, 2007

Are you glad it lives in my garden? LOL.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Aug 10, 2007

Hoping it's a peaceful spider since it lives in your garden...but still relieved that it does not live here. I am not a fan of spiders...even though they are quite beneficial. I wouldn't harm one that isn't poison. They just give me the creeps though.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 10, 2007

http://www.southindianspiders.com/south-indian-spiders.htm#Oxyopes

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to the Family Oxyopidae. Your spider looks like the one pictured, genus Oxyopes. It's a good start at least.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 23, 2011

Wondering if that is a striped lynx spider.

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flatpickit Charleston, SC Jul 25, 2011

I agree that this appears to be an Oxyopid. Lynx spiders actually do live in Kentucky and across North America. Sorry for the bad news. ;).

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1965

Also, those claws are actually the enlarged pedipalps of the male. This allows for sex determination as it is the males who have enlarged palps. They use them to transfer sperm to the females.