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Green lynx spider

Peucetia viridans

Davart il num: Its name 'lynx' refers to the cat-like way it pounces on prey. The species name viridans is Latin for 'becoming green'.1

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The green lynx spider is a bright green spider that hunts on plants instead of catching prey in a web. It is common in the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and parts of the West Indies. Its bite is painful but not deadly to people.1

Viva en

Southern United States, California, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies (especially Jamaica) and Venezuela1

America dal Nord

Pagina iniziala

It is usually found on green plants and is active during the day. It is common in cotton fields and other crop areas.1

Lunghezza

1,2 cm fin 2,2 cm (0,5 in fin 0,9 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 1,2 km/h (0,75 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It is a hunter that does not use a web. It pounces on prey in a cat-like manner. It eats moths and their larvae, including several important crop pests, but also eats beneficial insects such as honey bees.1

Foto da Green lynx spider — Green lynx spider. Foto: Cricket Raspet. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Bright green body, which may turn paler yellow late in the season, sometimes with reddish streaks1
Often a red patch between the eyes, with a few red spots on the body1
About six chevron-like marks on the upper surface of the abdomen, with the points facing forward1
Legs green to yellow, with long black spines and a scattering of black spots1
Females are larger than males; the male is more slender1

Savens confundì cun: Peucetia longipalpis, the other Peucetia species found in the United States, is very similar. It has a shorter, fatter, more domed abdomen, and its markings on the upper surface are less pronounced.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its bite is venomous and painful, but not deadly. In one case the swelling around the bite was 25 mm across and lasted two days. In another case, the swelling was 10 to 20 cm across.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The green lynx spider very seldom bites humans. Its bite is painful but is not deadly.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

A female guarding her eggs hangs upside down from the egg sac and attacks anything that comes near, and she can squirt venom from her fangs up to about 30 cm.1

Sch'el morda

Lava la morsa e metta in pachet da glatsch sin ella cunter las dolurs. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche las dolurs èn fermas, sa derasan u sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiripudess currer 100 meters en 300 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Green lynx spider cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Green lynx spider circa 1,2 km/h (0,75 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

A female can squirt venom from her fangs for a distance of about 30 cm to defend her eggs.1

A pregnant female can change her colour to match her background, a process that takes about 16 days.1

The green lynx spider is studied for its use in farming, especially pest control in cotton fields.1

Late in the season, the spider can change from green to a paler yellow.1

Its young pass through eight stages of growth, called instars, before reaching adulthood.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The green lynx spider is a deadly spider that often bites people.

Vardad: It very seldom bites humans, and its bite, though painful, is not deadly.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Peucetia viridans
Gruppa: Filiens
Famiglia: Oxyopidae2
Urden: Araneae
Continents: America dal Nord
Poppins: The female makes one to five egg sacs in September and October, each holding 25 to 600 bright orange eggs. The spiderlings emerge about four weeks later.1
Privel per umans: 1 / 5: Lev3

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Peucetia viridans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Peucetia viridans (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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