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I discovered a green linx spider Peucetia viridans investigating this jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) blossom in the early morning sun.
I found this Green Lynx on a back-lit peach-colored rose. This one is closer than my earlier capture (see first comment below) and affords a much better view of his head and eye structures. Luckily, the fortuitous back lighting allows for a tiny bit of a transparent and/or translucent look inside also.
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Shaken onto a white board. The leaf hopper (Sophonia orientalis) swiveled around to point the false eyes towards the spider. I assume that in some way the action was deliberate. Close inspection of the spider will show that it has fresh prey and the hopper is for the moment quite safe. I find the false eyes, legs and wings on a 5 mm bug quite astonishing. (Low res. phone image illustration).
This is a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) guarding on her egg case in a flowering plant of native Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus rigidus, Orobanchaceae). If you look close at her spinnerets, maybe you can see that she really has six of them - four larger ones towards her head, bur also a pair of smaller ones behind, the "posterior median spinnerets". Compare this photo. She really is guarding her eggs. I tried nudging her a bit with a stick to better show her back, and the more I nudged the more she hugged her egg sack! I let her be. I hope she's still here when I get back from Oregon - in Arachtober! (San Marcos Pass, 10 September 2017)
Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
The Wewet Shot by: Noel M. Young
Nikon D90 user
Scientific Name : Oxyopes Birmanicus
Family : Oxyopidae
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The Burmese lynx spider is an agile hunter, often hunting on vegetation away from their silken homes.
They are members of the family Oxyopidae,
the lynx spiders.
Global distribution is India, China to Sumatra
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Found at Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, SE of Barrydale. Western Cape, South Africa.
Found on trunk of tree.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
Some members of the genus Oxyopes are abundant enough to be important in agricultural systems as biological control agents. This is especially true of the striped lynx spider (Oxyopes salticus).
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Here is a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) watching over her new spiderlings on their egg sac. The spiderlings are only a few days old, I know they weren't emerged before the weekend. I've been watching this spider since September 19, see this photo taken back when she was really green. It's been interesting to watch her slowly turn red. The mama spiders are truly devoted mothers who guard their egg sacks until the spiderlings disperse. Arachtober 22a. (San Marcos Pass, 22 October 2018)
Today was a bit cooler than yesterday and a little more breezy. It felt like a "fog wind" - my name for the turbulent winds that form at the top of the marine layer fog. Sundowner winds were in the forecast tonight, but nothing has happened yet.
Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
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This is another Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) on a flower of native Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae) in the woods today. (San Marcos Pass, 27 June 2023)
Green Lynx Spider (Puecetia viridans).
Common Sunflower. (Helianthus annuus).
Village Creek Drying Beds. Arlington, Texas.
Tarrant County. 29 July 2018.
Olympus E-P5. Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm f4-5.6 II.
(200mm) f9 @ 1/400 sec. ISO 250.
Female Lynx spider with a freshly laid batch of eggs. Her life's work finished she will fade slowly and die soon.
Lynx spider is the common name for any member of the family Oxyopidae. Most species make little use of webs, instead spending their lives as hunting spiders on plants.
Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC).