Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Lynx spiders get their name from the way that they sometimes pounce
on their prey in a catlike fashion. These spiders spend their time
hunting for insects in bushes and low plants. They are fast runners,
but can occasionally be seen lying in wait for prey beside flowers.
They build no web for prey capture, but they do release a silk
dragline as they hunt among leaves.
Look For: Bright green, cream, or tan body; legs are yellow with
black spines.
Length: 5/8".
Habitat: Fields, woods.
Range: Southern U.S.
Bite: While the Green Lynx spider aggressively attacks its insect
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7 September, 2008:
Here is a pretty good photo I took of a Lynx spider today. He just sat there while I mowed the lawn! Thanks for having a great website that helped me to identify this little
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31 August, 2008:
Thought you might could use this pic for your web site. I identified this one thanks to your site as a “green lynx”.
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24 August, 2008:
Hi Glen,
I have a picture of a Green Lynx Spider hunting in a blooming Sage bush in a Texas State Park. I thought the contrast in colors actually make the spider quite beautiful. You can also use this picture as well if your interested.
Sara Giguere
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5 August, 2008:
Hi Glen,
Here are two pics of a Green Lynx Spider that was on my Blueberry bush the other day. I think the Spiders in my yard have gotten to know me pretty well. Feel free to use the pics if you want.
--Damy
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July, 2008:
Hi Glen, Here are two pics
of spiders in my backyard... one, obviously is a Green Lynx
(male),
Mariellen
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July, 2008:
Hi Glen,
I have attached the best picture I've taken of a Green Lynx Spider so far. There are so many of them in the bushes around my house and my grandmothers' houses. They have very good eyesight, because they are very hard to sneak up on! |
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29 June,
2008:
There is a surplus of Green Lynx Spiders this year, as they seem to be on every other leaf, of every bush, everywhere around here. And they are quite useful, too. As you'll see, one of them was snacking on a Japanese Beetle. Why buy one of those expensive traps when you can just use Green Lynx Spiders? My camera has a hard time focusing on these little guys since they are almost the same color as the leaves, but feel free to use the pictures if you want.
--Damy
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11 June, 2008:
Hello I found this spider in my back yard, could
you identify it for me?
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14 January, 2008:
Here is a great picture of a green lynx spider I found in
my back yard. My kids named her Linda. Also I have included a
picture of her eggs sack. |
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December, 2007:
This next picture is of a spider I've noticed
during the past several months. At first when I saw it,
it was relatively small but its bright colors intrigued
me. Roughly 2 months later i came across it again, but
this time it was in the dark, on my front door and now
its been chilling on the outside of my house for the
past three days. I have never seen it in the bushes like
it said on your site, only on a white house. This one
seemed very repressed, it let me get closer to it then i
normally ever would; actually come to think of it I'm
not really sure why I got so close. After looking at
these pictures all I can do is feel them crawling all
over me, ugh. Anyway thanks for your time. Your site is
very informative and I enjoy looking at the pictures.
The flying Santa across the screen every 2 seconds is
highly annoying though haha. Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. j0ey
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December, 2007:
I took this picture this fall. I have watched this
spider build her egg sack and watched her babies as they
hatched. Very interesting. I think she is a Lynx but I
didn't see any pictures of my spider with the same type
of design on her back. She built her nest in my
butterfly bush. If you'd like the picture, you may use
it on your website. I was just wondering what kind of
spider I had as I am NOT a spider fan but so enjoyed
watching her. She was amazing and quite beautiful!
Wendy
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December, 2007:
i think this is a lynx spider?
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2 December, 2007:
I just LOVE your website. I was terribly affraid of
spiders until I watched the movie Arachniphobia. I guess
because the spiders lost it cured me?? who knows. I'd huld
them if I could feel confident I wouldn't get bit.
Hopfully I'm doing this correct, but I'd love to share with
you some Lynx photos I recently shot. I can get larger
images if anyone is interested in publishing them, Enjoy!
Connie, Southern California, USA
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