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
prey, it very seldom bites humans.
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25 January, 2012:
Dear Sir
Does anyone know what this Spider is? The photo was taken in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Thanks
Robert
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25 October, 2011:
Photo taken on October 3, 2011.
We have quite a few of these on the property. They are great to have around during love bug season! They set up snares along the house and are very interesting!
Forgot to mention we are in Eustis, FL. I thought I had one of a ma and her billions of babies but I'm having trouble finding it. Jessica Click for a larger view. |
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22 October, 2011:
Outside my sisters house. Thanks!
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22 October, 2011:
I found this one by my grandmothers house. As you can see, two of it's legs had been ripped off. Do you know what it is??
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6 September, 2011:
I live in Eastern Alabama and have used your site a number of times to identify spiders here. We have only lived here a year (military). I've been especially grateful to your site now that we have a child, so I can both protect him from harmful spiders while not killing harmless ones. I found this one inside my house recently and I have been unable to find any information online about what it might be. I saw another one a few days later. I assume they're spiders because they have 8 legs, but I've never seen anything like it. I'd love to hear what you think.
Regards,
Diana D
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28 July, 2011:
Hi,
I've combed your excellent website, spiderzrule!, and several other sources, but can't find a match for this spider I've found. Because of its barbed legs, I'm guessing some kind of lynx spider, but I don't know. Can you help?
Here are the details:
What: spider, 1 cm long, suspended from a porch post above a garden and lawn for long period of time (over an hour). Its green spots appear luminescent or sparkling to sight.
Where: Southeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Suburb of Philadelphia.
When: July 2011. Summer.
Thanks for your website -- It has helped me with other identifications!
Scott
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5 October, 2010:
Hello,
I was just on your website Spiderzrule.com looking up a spider I found in my backyard here in Gilbert, Arizona. It turns out it is a Green Lynx spider. It was eating a bee. Thanks to your site I was able to identify it so I though I would share a couple of the pictures I took of it and feel free to use them on your site if you like them.
Trent
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5 October, 2010:
Dear Glenn,
Can you identify this spider?
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12 September, 2010:
Found this spider on a Butterfly Tree in the front yard. It's about 2" long and about 3/4" wide it seemed.
Can you tell me what it is? We're in Georgia.
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11 September, 2010:
Ever seen anything like this?
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6 September, 2010:
Hi Glenn,
Can you tell me what kind of spider this one is? I found him on the hibiscus tree eating this yellow jacket. He's pretty big!
Thanks,
Linda
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23 August, 2010:
Thanks for your site. It was helpful identifying the critter below hanging out on my garage door. Glad it didn't jump on me as I took the photo.
-Helen, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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14 August, 2010:
While visiting Del Rio Texas last week, I came across this interesting looking spider. I have not been able to identify it and wondered if you might be able to. Thank you so much for your time.
Barbie Fort Worth, TX
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10 July, 2010:
I was following a deer and her fawn with my camera through a field last summer in Norris, TN. The weed and brush was up to 7ft.high in areas. I saw this beautiful spider just seconds before my face brushed into it's perch. It was the small egg sac dangling that caught my eye. I had to really look hard to see it. Since I took the picture I have looked for it to find out what kind it was. Thanks to this website I was able to identify my spider. The Green Lynx Spider. Thanks!
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Your brother in Christ,
James
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5 December, 2009:
Hi Glen I'm also tossing in some shots of green lynx spiders, with dinner, and with offspring.
They live on my roses, and keep the aphids at bay.
I've been living peacefully in harmony with them for several years.
The pix people have sent you, of the spiders all curled up after people have sprayed them make me sad.
Too bad they couldn't have taken them outside.
Peace~ Trish;
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More of Trish's photos may be seen at
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n43/trishrg/Green%20Lynx%20Spider/ |
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2 December, 2009:
Your site helped me ID this spider. Thought maybe you would want the pics I took.
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16 November, 2009:
I HOPE YOU CAN USE SOME OF MY PICTURES ON YOUR WEBSITE!
MC
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3 October, 2009:
Can you help me identify this spider? It was found near Los Angeles, Ca.
Thanks,
Rachel
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5 September, 2009:
Payson, Arizona, USA.
Green Lynx was in my garage on a chair I was moving. Felt a web and looked to see it on the chair. Please use pics for your site, which, by the way, is the most fascinating site I've come across to help ID spiders!
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3 August, 2009:
Here is a green lynx spider on a Canna Lily flower. I thought the
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16 July, 2009:
Glen,
I live in Central Florida where I frequently find my lynx friends out and about in my garden.Enclosed is a close up of a lynx on my sunflower. I love your site, every time I find a "new to me" spider in my home or yard I'm on here trying to find out what it is. Thanks so much.
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10 May, 2009:
Can you help me identify this spider. It is only ¼ long, green and if you look close there is a star shape on it’s head. I found it on a Magnolia flower.
Thanks,
Jay Nall
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16 February, 2009:
Hi Glen,
Please find attached, a shot of a Green Lynx Spider that I took at the Carleen Bright Arboretum in Waco, TX. while I was photographing flowers. You are welcome to use it on your website if you would like.
David
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November, 2008:
Here are nice pictures I found outside my house in SOUTH AFRICA Meyerton.
You can use them for you site if you wish.
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25 October, 2008:
These were taken in our side yard in Temecula, CA. A few days later, the babies came out of the ball under the lavender flower she is sitting on.
Best regards,
Mark
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