Green Lynx Spider guarding her egg sac
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.
Green Lynx Spider guarding her egg sac
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.