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Green lynx spider

Peucetia viridans

Description:

This female Green lynx spider made her home on the pad of a large clump of prickly pear cactus. Hugging her egg sac and being protected by the sharp spines of the cactus, which she used to construct her web.

Habitat:

Spotted on a prickly pear cactus at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

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1 Comment

Tukup
Tukup 4 years ago

Good eyes Brian. Thanks.

Brian38
Spotted by
Brian38

Texas, USA

Spotted on Oct 11, 2019
Submitted on Nov 27, 2019

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