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Lynx spider eating an even smaller spider. She grabbed this tiny spider while I was trying to focus on it, and I was able to witness the whole event. It's hard to hold the camera steady and get the settings right when something so exciting is happening right in front of you.
Callum Brae, ACT, 2013.
This is a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) guarding her egg sac in a native plant of Wedge-leaved Horkelia (Horkelia cuneata, Rosaceae). Maybe it's the same spider that I found in the same plant last August, see this photo. I guess this one is Peucetia longipalpis because its abdomen has white hairs and lacks the usual chevron patterns of P. viridans, though it does have some white markings. It's my impression that this one has its babies first while it's still summer, while P. viridans comes later in fall - hopefully in time for Arachtober, but everything is late this year. I've got lots of photos of these spiders over the years, try a search of my photos. Arachtober 1. (San Marcos Pass, 1 October 2019)
If you don't know about Arachtober, be sure to check it out. The 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 don't know that I can do it again, but I'll try - and I have lots of spider photos in the archive for backup. One problem is the weather. Today was quite windy again, and I only got this photo because I already knew where the spider is. Hopefully the wind will subside tomorrow.
8/6/2019 Riverfront Park, Columbia, SC
Canon EOS Rebel T5, Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
© 2019 R. D. Waters
E-M1ii / Vivitar Series 1 90mm 2.5 Macro
A lynx spider eats fly prey while standing on its egg sac on a grass seed tip, rome st indigenous grasslands.
Oxyopes sp, Family Oxyopidae
Was lucky to watch the actual event.
A fleshfly landed at the edge of the leaf...
The spider charged...
The fly took off...
The spider went after it... off the leaf.. like a bungee jumper...
caught it...
returned back to the leaf using its web line.
The amazing thing is the venom took less than a second to paralyze the flesh fly.
This is the maximum scene my reversed lens can handle.
I found another tiny Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) among the flowers of native Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora) in the Asteraceae plant family yesterday. The spider is really tiny, about 1/8 inch. (San Marcos Pass, 13 November 2021)
These pretty spiders are often found on flowers and plants where they await guests. I didn't know they built webs, but this one spun a lovely one.
This is an unusual view of a large Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) on a stem of California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum, Polygonaceae). This green spider is actually straw-colored - they are highly variable. I had a Silver Argiope (Argiope argentata, Araneidae) spider all lined up in the buckwheat to be my first Arachtober photo, and ... just yesterday the phone company people walked all over it! (It was near the base of a power pole.) I hope the spider is still there, just hiding for a day from the trauma. Oh well, I showed a Green Lynx Spider as my last photo for Arachtober last year, so it's appropriate that it be my first photo this year. It's a treat to be on the prowl for new spiders every day this month. Arachtober 1. (San Marcos Pass, 1 October 2016)
It was another pleasant day with the temps mostly below 80°. There was some wind, and that's expected to become worse over the next few days.