Mother Green Lynx Spider (Paucetia viridians)
This female was having her dinner ( it was a bee ) when she was spotted in our ficus tree. I wanted to get a better look at the feast and touched the leaf so she moves her position to the more appealing one. But that's not what happened. Poor mother dropped her meal in panic and ran to her precious sack with eggs and covered it with her body. I felt bad for being a source of such disturbance and tried to make it up to her. I picked the dropped bee and placed it 2 inches away. She did not touch it even 30 min after. It was yesterday evening.
The first thing I did in the morning is to go to the garden to check on her. She still covering her eggs and the bee is still 2 inch away and untouched.
As much as I want to make it up to her, I think it's best to leave her alone so she won't relocate with her sack.
Interesting info from
www.spiders.us/species/peucetia-viridans/
1. This spider does not spin a web for prey capture. Instead, it sits and waits for prey to come nearby and then pounces on it with lightning speed and agility.
2.This species eats any insect or other spider that it is able to catch.
3. Female Green Lynx Spiders are capable of changing their body color to adapt to their environment, but the change takes place over 16-17 days . The color change seems to be limited to various shades of green, brown, and reddish-purple or pink.
Mother Green Lynx Spider (Paucetia viridians)
This female was having her dinner ( it was a bee ) when she was spotted in our ficus tree. I wanted to get a better look at the feast and touched the leaf so she moves her position to the more appealing one. But that's not what happened. Poor mother dropped her meal in panic and ran to her precious sack with eggs and covered it with her body. I felt bad for being a source of such disturbance and tried to make it up to her. I picked the dropped bee and placed it 2 inches away. She did not touch it even 30 min after. It was yesterday evening.
The first thing I did in the morning is to go to the garden to check on her. She still covering her eggs and the bee is still 2 inch away and untouched.
As much as I want to make it up to her, I think it's best to leave her alone so she won't relocate with her sack.
Interesting info from
www.spiders.us/species/peucetia-viridans/
1. This spider does not spin a web for prey capture. Instead, it sits and waits for prey to come nearby and then pounces on it with lightning speed and agility.
2.This species eats any insect or other spider that it is able to catch.
3. Female Green Lynx Spiders are capable of changing their body color to adapt to their environment, but the change takes place over 16-17 days . The color change seems to be limited to various shades of green, brown, and reddish-purple or pink.