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Linx Spider with Egg Sac

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

A large green Linx Spider was sitting on it's spiky white egg sac under a leaf. It then caught a big, black and red Spittlebug and proceeded to feed but kept one back leg protectively on it's egg sac (photos 4 and 5)!

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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