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Green Lynx Spider, True, Texas

Taken on Taack Road in True, here's a female Green Lynx Spider that I had interrupted while she was starting to construct a shelter in this Ashey Sunflower blossom. We had been cruising back roads north of Newcastle looking for patches of these sunflowers, a favorite of Green Lynx spiders, and many others. There was a stiff, gusty westerly wind blowing and blossoms were dancing around furiously. Any spiders aboard were getting a seriously bumpy ride. I had to use one hand to steady the blossom and work the camera with the other.

 

Here the spider is constructing her "hide" in a way that many Crab Spiders do... by folding over petals. The petals are anchored in position with strands of silk. Unlike a spider that I photographed earlier with my iPhone, this one objected to my attempt to hold the blossom steady and bolted for the back side of the blossom several times before I was able to get this image.

 

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Nikon D-60, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens focused at infinity, fitted with an Iscorama anamorphic lens, with the objective salvaged from a damaged beyond repair Lentar 400mm lens reverse mounted on the Isco.

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Uploaded on September 8, 2025
Taken on September 17, 2017