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LYNX SPIDERS |
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Lynx spiders get their name from the way that they sometimes pounce
on their prey in a catlike fashion. These spiders spend their time
hunting for insects in bushes and low plants. They are fast runners,
but can occasionally be seen lying in wait for prey beside flowers.
They build no web for prey capture, but they do release a silk
dragline as they hunt among leaves.
Look For: Bright green, cream, or tan body; legs are yellow with
black spines.
Length: 5/8".
Habitat: Fields, woods.
Range: Southern U.S.
Bite: While the Green Lynx spider aggressively attacks its insect
prey, it very seldom bites humans. |
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29 October, 2004:
Hi. My name is Jennifer Hand and I teach biology at Cairo High
School in Cairo, GA. I noticed this spider (green lynx) in our
outdoor classroom and took these pictures. I thought you could use
it for your site. The female spider is guarding the young, but I was
curious about some of the other spider remains. I thought maybe it
was the remains of the male, but I am beginning to think it is a
molted exoskeleton of the female. Do the females eat the male after
mating? My class and I are curious...so could you help us out?
Thanks, Jennifer |
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28 October, 2004:
I'm not sure how to upload to your site other than this. I just
thought this pic turned out very well. I've been watching this
spider before it even laid its eggs. Now they are hatched, and the
mother is sucking on a bee. Taken in Rancho Bernardo, Southern
California 10/26/04. Hope you like...
-Dan Kuffrey
Click for a larger view.
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15 October, 2004:
I'm sending you my best spider pics from the last couple months.
Thought you might like to have them for your image library, maybe
display a couple in the "known" spider pages. I'm getting better at
capturing close-ups. One of these days I'll get a real good shot of
that Jumper. Until then... Keep up the good work, I love your site!
Cheers, Terry Lucas
Lakewood, Ca.
Click photo for some lovely close ups. |
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5 October, 2004:
I am embarrased to admit that I have been searching online
for this particular spider for a while now. I came across your site
and was pleased. I was wondering if anyone could identify this? I
live in Gainesville, GA. I found it in our butterfly bushes with its
egg sack and I'm assuming its a female. Please help me out. Thank
you for your time.
Click for a closer view
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5 September, 2004:
Greets Glen,
Here's a couple shots of a green Lynx spider I took this morning. He
likes to sit on the Salvia and wait for moths and bees and the like,
and jumps and grabs them. He's fast, real fast. Anyways, Love the
site, Thanks.
Cheers,
TL (So. Cal.)
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29 August, 2004
I found this Spider in my garage located in Flower Mound,
Texas, a suburb north of Dallas, Texas. Can you tell me what type of
spider it is?
Best Regards,
Raymond Grubbs
cpbsolutions@comcast.net
Reply: Looks like a lynx spider. |
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16 June, 2003:
Bee ware! Green lynx spider with honey bee.
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16 June, 2003:
This is a nice shot of a Green Lynx spider (Peucetia viridans)
with a flower bee. You can see her egg sac in the background. The
small bumps on the sac are spiderlings. This animal was very
depleted and thin, due in part I think to her selected location,
which was mostly in the shade all day. Another female lynx had an
egg sac in a pine tree which was in a sunny spot, and she was quite
robust in comparison.
Green Lynx spiders are unique in that the females have been observed
spitting venom to protect their eggs. I stayed out of spitting
range!
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16 June, 2003:
This is the Green Lynx spider who nested in the pine tree. As you
can see, she is much more robust than the other spider who lived in
the shaded part of the yard. Her egg sac is visible below. She
wove some of the pine needles together behind it, and the hatchlings
took shelter in it after leaving the egg sac.
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16 June, 2003:
This is a young Green Lynx spider on a Nigella flower.
This is probably the offspring of the Pine Tree lynx of last winter,
as it's only a couple of meters away from the pine tree.
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