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Green Lynx Spider
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| The Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) occurs across the southern United States and throughout Mexico. The species is known to prey on bees, wasps, and many other insects, including many that are larger than itself. The spider in the top image shown here was foraging on the pad of a Prickly Pear Cactus in Kenedy Co., Texas, in June 2000. It was photographed with a Canon EOS 3 and EF 180mm F/3.5 Macro on Fuji Velvia. The next two shots were digital captures in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in September, 2006, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender. |  |
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| The next 5 shots show a Green Lynx Spider at her nest with hundreds of babies. These images were taken in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in November, 2008, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and a Sigma 150mm Macro lens. |  |
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| The next two shots of a Green Lynx Spider were taken in September, 2010, in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and an EF 180 Macro and 580 flash. This spider has caught a type of Yellow Jacket wasp as prey. |  |
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| Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans Sabine National Forest, Sabine Co., Texas 17 May 2013 |
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| Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans with egg case Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 21 October 2016 |
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| Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans with egg case Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 21 October 2016 |
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| Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans with egg case Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis Co., Texas 21 October 2016 |
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| Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans pregnant female near the Max Starke Dam, Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas 25 October 2016 |
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| Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans pregnant female near the Max Starke Dam, Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas 25 October 2016 |
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