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Peucetia viridans (Green Lynx Spider)
Found in Escondido, California
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Dec 1, 2021
- Photographed: Nov 30, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Escondido, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower,Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Nice! Your photo shows a couple of the interesting qualities of this species. 1. The ability to change colors to match the plants. 2. The dorsal abdomen markings refract light and appear to glow. The markings look like eyes of a snake or other predator of birds at some angles.
She seems to be using her leg hairs to feel or maintain a strand of her web.
Looks like some kind of oxyopidae, or lynx spider! I’m guessing green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans.
Yes, I don’t repeat the identification in my comments (see above) if the person who submitted the photo gave the correct full answer. Many people successfully attempt to identify their own photo. Others already know what we’re going to say, but kindly submit their photos for the sake of citizen science – to provide new images of behaviors, locations, times of year, markings variations, and data like that. The guess or answer is under the photo. You’re doing great! We aren’t able to actively file all of the photos and their data right now during the pandemic, but we will… Read more »
Ah I totally didn’t see the ID under the photo! Appreciate the help 🙂
That happens a lot when volunteers start here, no problem! When we have a moderator who has the access, the Unidentified above the photo becomes the species name. A lot of people miss that too when they start. To see our older submissions that were filed click on Locations in the three bar menu. Each location gives sample filed species photos then the ones for that location that we haven’t answered or filed yet. We have a lot of those. 🙁