Green Lynx Spider - Peucetia viridans -  Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 1, 2003
Preying on a Digger Wasp, Scolia dubia. There was quite a struggle for a minute or so, with the wasp attempting to sting the spider, but the wasp lost. This is the same individual spider that took a large Sphinx moth, a Hummingbird Clearwing, Hemaris thysbe, on August 25--see linked image below.
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  Contributed by Cotinis on 17 March, 2004 - 1:36pm Last updated 25 April, 2006 - 6:13pm |
