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Magnolia Green Jumper Spider

Lyssomanes viridis

Description:

Green, translucent head and legs, with longish beige translucent abdomen and bright red head area. Huge green cheliceras(?)

Habitat:

Parque Arví, in the forested hills just outside of Medellín, Colombia.

Notes:

I identified him from other Noah posters. I assume they are correct.

No species ID suggestions

9 Comments

allencraig
allencraig 12 months ago

Ah, Sumukha, thank you! It looks like he is a Magnolia Green Jumper for sure.

KarenL
KarenL 12 months ago

Beautiful!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 12 months ago

Incredible!!

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 12 months ago

Here is a similar spotting from your region allencraig..Take a look here- http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/108...

allencraig
allencraig 12 months ago

The second photo is the best, thanks for the heads up on it!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 months ago

Hi allencraig, can you re-upload your second photo.
Seems like we cannot view it.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 months ago

Wikipedia also did not say anything about Epeus species in the western continents.
But this spider might be under the Lyssomanes genus.
Lets just say that Lyssomanes are the western "Epeus" spiders.

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 12 months ago

Nice.. Looks like a spider from the genus "epeus"..:-) The second photo is not showing up.. Pls delete it and upload once again..:-)

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 months ago

very nice; your second photo doesn't show up for me

Colombia

Lat: 6.27, Long: -75.51

Spotted on Apr 29, 2012
Submitted on Jun 20, 2012

Spotted for mission

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