Peucetia viridans
(Green Lynx Spider)

Picture ID 191317

Submitted by:
barndoor
Submitted: Oct 23, 2023
Photographed: Oct 23, 2023
Spider: Peucetia viridans (Green Lynx Spider)
Sex:
Female,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Spiro, Oklahoma, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Egg sacs, Webs

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Barndoor

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October 23, 2023 4:27 pm

Was going to remove the weed but saw this girl and thought I would get an ID before disturbing her.

TangledWeb

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Reply to Barndoor

October 23, 2023 11:15 pm

I’m glad you left her. She’s using a web, camouflage, and her body to hide and guard her egg sac. That’s an interesting weed, looks similar to Beggar Ticks, which are super annoying. She’s an interesting species, a Green Lynx. She’s a green spider that chases prey like a lynx. The other cool part is that she changes colors. I wish I learned that there are American spiders that can change colors when I was in elementary school! Based on what she sees her brain sets pigments in motion inside her body. The pigments move to the locations where they… Read more »

Nod

Reply to TangledWeb

October 24, 2023 3:38 am

How amazing. I was coming back to this picture again and again and while i could see the legs…i just could not see the spider. When u identified it and i knew what shapes to look for it slowly appeared body part by body part.

Barndoor

Photo Owner

Reply to TangledWeb

October 24, 2023 2:25 pm

Thank you for the ID and the great information about her. I thought she looked like a Lynx but the tan colored abdomen ??? I had no idea they could change colors. And yes, that weed is what the older members of my family always referred to as “Beggars Lice”.