Hi, It might be a solifugid. They’re arachnids like spiders, but in Order Solifugae. Some common names are: sun spider and camel spider. The chelicerae that look like a beak are basically jaws in a shape like crustacean pinchers. They can also be rubbed together to make a sound, in the way some insects rub their body parts together to make mating calls. They can’t make webs, they don’t have spinnerets, but they are capable of running. I didn’t know they existed until I researched your photo. There are many interesting things about them to learn. There are over 1,000… Read more »
I think you’re correct. I didn’t know green lynx spiders change colors. Your pic does show the characteristics. If you’re right it could add an interesting new image to this site’s collection of P. viridans photos.
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While I found this spider walking on the ground, it was not adept at ground walking. This suggested to me it was a web spider on the move.
Hi, It might be a solifugid. They’re arachnids like spiders, but in Order Solifugae. Some common names are: sun spider and camel spider. The chelicerae that look like a beak are basically jaws in a shape like crustacean pinchers. They can also be rubbed together to make a sound, in the way some insects rub their body parts together to make mating calls. They can’t make webs, they don’t have spinnerets, but they are capable of running. I didn’t know they existed until I researched your photo. There are many interesting things about them to learn. There are over 1,000… Read more »
It is a spider. My more recent searches suggest Peucetia viridans.
I think you’re correct. I didn’t know green lynx spiders change colors. Your pic does show the characteristics. If you’re right it could add an interesting new image to this site’s collection of P. viridans photos.