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Green Lynx Spider? - Peucetia viridans - female
Copyright © 2005 Steve Cherry

Green Lynx Spider? - Peucetia viridans - Female
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
September 19, 2005
Size: ~2 inches
I believe from looking at other shots on this site, that this is a Green Lynx Spider, but would like to know for sure. It has since created a gray egg sac which it is guarding on the rose bush, and I may be able to get a macro of the babies when they emerge (but the rose bloom will be quite dead by then ;0) Abdomen is also much thinner now.

higher resolution shots are here under "Insects & Spiders":

http://www.wcphotoworks.com/gallery/
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Contributed by Steve Cherry on 4 October, 2005 - 10:19am
Last updated 25 April, 2006 - 6:20pm

Looks spot on for green lynx -
compare this one - also living in a rose bush:


What a beautiful picture! I can almost smell the rose.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 4 October, 2005 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

 
Great shots
I appreciated your post here because I was curious why I found this same spider on several different blooms. I too saw her eat a bee one day - very fun creature to watch!

Steve Cherry
West Coast PhotoWorks
www.wcphotoworks.com
… Steve Cherry, 4 October, 2005 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Yes it is
a green lynx. Awfully big for just having made an eggsac?
… Jim Kramer, 4 October, 2005 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
eggsac
This pic was taken before the eggsac, so yes, currently she is much thinner.

Steve Cherry
West Coast PhotoWorks
www.wcphotoworks.com
… Steve Cherry, 4 October, 2005 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

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