Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans or P. longipalpis, Oxyopidae) pacing around her egg case

Here is another shot of the beautiful mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans or P. longipalpis, Oxyopidae) pacing around her egg case in a seed head of native Coastal Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides, Asteraceae). I think she's slowly turning more brown and less yellow, compare this photo. I've been checking in on her every day or two waiting for the eggs to hatch. Any day now, but not yet. I think she's getting anxious too - I watched her circle around her nest twice, like an expectant dad in the waiting room. (Do they still have those?) Arachtober 20. (San Marcos Pass, 20 October 2015)

 

Yeah, I've shown this spider before - but why not? She's large, beautiful, and I know where she lives! I'll keep checking in. We had one of these spiders on a buckwheat shrub by the mailboxes a few years ago. She waited and waited... until December, and finally disappeared . I hope that doesn't happen with this fine spider.

 

Done