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I found this tiny Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) among the flowers of native Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora) in the Asteraceae plant family. (San Marcos Pass, 20 September 2021)
A Green Lynx spider taken with the front lens cell from a broken Lentar 90-230mm (reversed) mounted on the front of a Lester Dine 105. The 105mm was focused at infinity. Pop-up flash bounced off paper reflectors.
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Habitat: Foliage | Location Found: UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia | Lenght: 8mm | Gender: Male | Macro shot using Nikon D90 + Micro-NIKKOR 55mm lens + extension tube...more detail about this lynx spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_spider
As promised, this is the most recent image of the lynx spider I have been following and reporting on in my photostream. This image is seventy days on from when I first spotted and posted her as an expectant mother overseeing her egg sac. Those offspring have since emerged, grown and left home and she is alone again. She looks to be rather spent compared to previous images.
In this case she is sitting basking (as lynxes do) on the living leaf that forms the roof of the maternal home (you can see the underside of this leaf in previous images) as the loose leaf she raised her spiderlings on is strung vertically beneath with silk.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
see comments for previous image (twenty days prior)…..
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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Here is today's photo of the mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) watching over her new spiderlings on their egg sac in a plant of native Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus rigidus, Orobanchaceae) that's gone to seed. The spiderlings are less than a week old. The mama spiders are truly devoted mothers who guard their egg sacks until the spiderlings disperse. I've already posted several photos of this mama, like this one, and I'll probably post more. The Arachtober group challenge is to post spider photos every day during October, and I like to treat it like a scavenger hunt to find new spiders every day of the month. I've been successful so far, but spiders are getting scarce as the month comes to an end. Flowers and insects are getting scarce too of course. Expect a few more of these photos until Halloween! Arachtober 25a. (San Marcos Pass, 25 October 2018)
"Breezy days are here again . . ." I've been spoiled after a couple of dead calm days, but they are the exception. There was a breeze today, but it was otherwise another lovely autumn day. It sounds like it will warm up tomorrow.
Formatted for phone wallpaper. See the album at ... flickr.com/photos/jacobs_ian/albums/72157711897629218