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Green Lynx Spider (female)
Stanley Jones

Green Lynx Spider (female) (Peucetia viridans)

Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans: Oxyopidae) Females are larger reaching lengths of 2.2 cm (0.9 in) while males are much slimmer and only reach lengths of ca. 1.2 cm (0.5 in) long. Photographed on tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima: Asteraceae) in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwood woodland dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Bottomland hardwood woodland dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation.
Location
Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
October 2012
Scientific name
Peucetia viridans
Equipment used
Canon EOS 7D with a Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM lens, ISO 200, exposure bias 0.33 ev, shutter speed 1/250 with flash, f/13.
Pops1
Wow!!!....what an amazing spider with all those little spikes, and a beautiful detailed close up of it, nice work Stanley
 
Kits
Golly! What detail you have captured, Stanley! She is beautiful.
 

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Invertebrates
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