Green Lynx Spider with spiderlings
This is another shot of a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) with a clutch of tiny spiderlings in the woods today. This one has made her nest in a shrub of native Sawtooth Goldenbush (Hazardia squarrosa, Asteraceae). The mama spiders are truly devoted mothers who guard their egg sacks until the spiderlings disperse. I could probably fill my card for the whole month of Arachtober with these spiders if I really looked! Arachtober 26a. (San Marcos Pass, 26 October 2022)
Green Lynx Spider with spiderlings
This is another shot of a mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) with a clutch of tiny spiderlings in the woods today. This one has made her nest in a shrub of native Sawtooth Goldenbush (Hazardia squarrosa, Asteraceae). The mama spiders are truly devoted mothers who guard their egg sacks until the spiderlings disperse. I could probably fill my card for the whole month of Arachtober with these spiders if I really looked! Arachtober 26a. (San Marcos Pass, 26 October 2022)