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Meet the fascinating Green Lynx Spider – a unique arachnid that hunts insects without using webs. Discover its green color, specialized habitat, venomous abilities, and beneficial role in controlling insect populations. Learn about its lifestyle, feeding habits, and why it's an essential part of the ecosystem.
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Arachnaphobia, Not in this Class 6th Grade Student June 30, 2010
Green Lynx Spider - PeucetiaviridansAraneomorphae(True Spiders) » Entelegynes » Oxyopidae (Lynx Spiders)
Why is the Lynx Spider Green? • Hunts insects • Specialized for living on plants • Does not spider use web to catch prey • Camouflage • Wait & Pounce
Characteristics • Color – bright green • Size - ¾ inch long • Shape – Oval abdomen with long spiny legs • Diurnal - daytime activity • 8 eyes – 4 on face, 2 on side, 2 on top • Only spider to spray venom from its fangs • Injects venom up to ¾ inch in multiple directions • Male is smaller
LIVING ENVIRONMENTS • Prickly Pear Cactus • Southern United States • Mexico • Central America • Shrubs & Herbaceous Vegetation • Arkansas • California • Arizona • Florida Location Malay apple flower (Photo by Stu Smucker) HuayXai Bokeo Laos South-East Asia Asia
Feeding & Benefits • Feed on many insects including the common houseflies, honey bees and crop pests • Little danger to humans – bite will cause pain or swelling but no tissue damage, systematic aftereffects or death • There are 35,000 species of spiders • The Green Lynx helps keep the insect population under control • Birds eat spiders
References • http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_greenlynx_spider.php • http://www.lonelyplanetimages.com/images/121635 • http://www.cirrusimage.com/spider.htm