Green lynx spider
Peucetia viridans
35.8987, -86.9624
Field Notes
Description:
Female guarding egg sacs.
The female green lynx spider constructs one to four 2-centimeter egg sacs in September and October, each containing 25 to 600 bright orange eggs, which she guards, usually hanging upside down from a sac and attacking everything that comes near. The eggs hatch after about two weeks, and after another two weeks fully functional spiderlings emerge from the sac. They pass through eight instars to reach maturity. This non venomous spider is usually found on foliage
Habitat:
Meadow behind our property.
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