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Peucetia viridans
Female guarding egg sacs. The female green lynx spider constructs one to four 2-centimeter egg sacs in September and October, each containing 25 to 600 bright orange eggs, which she guards, usually hanging upside down from a sac and attacking everything that comes near. The eggs hatch after about two weeks, and after another two weeks fully functional spiderlings emerge from the sac. They pass through eight instars to reach maturity. This non venomous spider is usually found on foliage
Meadow behind our property.
You are welcome! It's a great idea for a mission - I find the 'behavioral' subjects so interesting as they provide so much more information on the wildlife concerned.
Thanks KarenL for contribution to the new "Brooding behavior..." mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...
This is definitely a Lynx spider (family Oxyopidae). I would say it is Peucetia viridans.
Spotted on Sep 13, 2011
Submitted on Sep 13, 2011
