Oxyopes scalaris

{{Short description|Species of spider}}

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| image = Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris).jpg

| genus = Oxyopes

| species = scalaris

| authority = Hentz, 1845

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File:Western Lynx Spider - female (Oxyopes scalaris).jpg

File:Male and female western Lynx spiders.webm and approached by a Halictid bee. This species is in the lynx spider family.]]

File:WesternLynxSpider 1 stab prob4Full prob4 60.webm prey. This species is in the lynx spider family.]]

File:Western lynx spider jumping.webm family.]]

Oxyopes scalaris, the western lynx spider, is a species of lynx spider in the family Oxyopidae. It is found in North America. A study based in Washington found that this species reaches adulthood and is most active in spring and early summer.{{Cite journal |last1=Miliczky |first1=Eugene R. |last2=Horton |first2=David R. |last3=Calkins |first3=Carrol O. |date=2008 |title=Observations on phenology and overwintering of spiders associated with apple and pear orchards in south-central Washington |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1636/T07-29.1 |journal=Journal of Arachnology |language=en |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=565–573 |doi=10.1636/T07-29.1 |s2cid=73518332 |issn=0161-8202}} They are considered beneficial in orchards.{{Cite journal |last1=Miliczky |first1=E.R. |last2=Horton |first2=D.R. |date=June 2005 |title=Densities of beneficial arthropods within pear and apple orchards affected by distance from adjacent native habitat and association of natural enemies with extra-orchard host plants |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1049964405000551 |journal=Biological Control |language=en |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=249–259 |doi=10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.03.002|bibcode=2005BiolC..33..249M |url-access=subscription }}