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Green Lynx Spider

Peucetia arabica

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

female green lynx spider killing her mate (see comments); last photo shows a molted exoskeleton

Habitat:

spotted in my desert garden, on my pepper plant, which she has been living on for a couple of months now

Notes:

See my first spotting of this spider from Jan 19 here:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17233469

Reference Links:

Peucetia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Bernadette S
Eeeekkk! Thanks so much for that clarification, elhennawy. So much to learn, especially about spiders, which prior to PN, I would have run away from! I've edited the description.
elhennawy
It is not moulting. This is a female Peucetia arabica after killing her mate. You can see his palpal organs on the third photograph. The previous moulted exoskeleton is on the fourth photo as you said. It is completely different from the male's body on the other three photos.
Atul
Lovely Series!

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International Spider Survey
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Biodiversity in Egypt
Mission
Wildlife of the Sinai Peninsula

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PublishedMarch 8, 2013

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