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Spotting

Description:

A green spider with kill. It had killed honey bee.

Habitat:

Dry descidious forest , it had made its web on Mimosa pudica plant.

2 Species ID Suggestions

AaronGlover
AaronGlover 12 years ago
Lynx Spider
Lynx spider
Peucetia viridana Peucetia viridana


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9 Comments

Trapsuutjie
Trapsuutjie 12 years ago

Great action shot! That is one mean looking spider!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Hi Akshay, now that Aaron & Chun have taken the time to ID this for you, please could you update this spotting with the correct common & scientific names, & ideally add a reference link - Chun has provided this for you too.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Another reference here about the Green Lynx Spider
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/I...

rivu.ghorai
rivu.ghorai 12 years ago

yes.. its a green lynx spider...

SheaEckert
SheaEckert 12 years ago

Nice!

Thanks a lot Aaron i think it is adult green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans.

AaronGlover
AaronGlover 12 years ago

Oh, Sorry! for some reason, the map said south africa, not india! And no problem at all!

Aaron thanks a lot for your immediate response .

AaronGlover
AaronGlover 12 years ago

Hi! I'm not from South Africa, but it looks like a species of Lynx Spider to me!

Bhadravati, Karnataka, India

Spotted on May 21, 2011
Submitted on May 30, 2011

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