Green Lynx Spider watching over her spiderlings
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.
Green Lynx Spider watching over her spiderlings
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.