Green Lynx Spider


Peucetia viridans, the green lynx spider, is a bright-green lynx spider usually found on green plants. It is the largest North American species in the family Oxyopidae. 


Scientific classification

Kingdom:           Animalia

Phylum:             Arthropod

Subphylum:      Chelicerata

Class:                  Arachnid

Order:                Aranea

Infraorder:       Araneomorpha

Family:               Oxyopida

Genus:                Peuceti

Species:              P. viridans


The body of the female may be as much as 22 millimetres (0.87 in) long. The male is smaller, being more slender and averaging 12 millimetres (0.47 in) in length. There often is a red patch between the eyes, with a few red spots on the body. The eye region is clothed with white appressed hairs. The dorsal surface of the abdomen bears about six Chevron-like marks with the centres pointing forward. The legs are green to yellow, bearing long black spines such as appear on the legs of most species of Oxyopidae, and with a generous scattering of black spots.


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