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Green Lynx with prey

Peucetia viridans

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Field Notes

Description:

Green spider with spotted legs. There are red spots on the cephalothorax and abdomen. The eyes are high up top and have white around them. This one was eating an Ichneumon Wasp.

Habitat:

Lantana in the backyard

Reference Links:

Species Peucetia viridans - Green Lynx Spider - BugGuide.Net

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lhankin
Thank you! Your photo will be highlighted on Wednesday, August 6. Afterwards, you’ll be able to see your photo for about a month in the Pic of the Day Collection (www.greatnatureproject.org/collections/12). Thanks again for contributing to The Great Nature Project!
lhankin
Congratulations! We would like to highlight this photo as National Geographic’s Great Nature Project Pic of the Day! It will be featured in the lower left corner on The Great Nature Project’s home page (www.greatnatureproject.org), and we’ll also share it with our NG Education followers on Twitter (https://twitter.com/NatGeoEducation), Facebook (www.facebook.com/NGEducation), and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/116983520436200180841/about). We will attribute this photo to your user name CindyBinghamKeiser. Once we hear back from you (either here or via email to [email protected]), we’ll let you know which date we’ll highlight your photo. Thank you for sharing your observations with The Great Nature Project!

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PublishedJune 30, 2014

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