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Green lynx spider

Peucetia viridans
Nípa orúkọ náà: Its name 'lynx' refers to the cat-like way it pounces on prey. The species name viridans is Latin for 'becoming green'.1
AláìléwuKò léwu fún ènìyàn. Kò sí ohun tó yẹ kí ó dààmú ọ.
Alántakùn ÌbùjẹOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Ẹran
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

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

Ó ń gbé ní
Southern United States, California, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies (especially Jamaica) and Venezuela1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
It is usually found on green plants and is active during the day. It is common in cotton fields and other crop areas.1
Gígùn
1.2 cm sí 2.2 cm (0.5 in sí 0.9 in)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 1.2 km/h (0.75 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
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
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Green lynx spider
Green lynx spider. Fọ́tò: Cricket Raspet. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: 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

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

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

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

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

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

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

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • Fọ ibi ìbùjẹ náà kí o sì fi àpò yìnyín lé e fún ìrora. Wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn bí ìrora bá le, tí ó ń tàn kálẹ̀, tàbí tí ara ẹni náà kò bá yá.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Green lynx spider gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 2.2 cm (0.9 in)Hóró ìrẹsì kan nǹkan bí 7 mm (0.3 in)Ẹyọ owó yúrò 1 nǹkan bí 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
ó gùn tó pínì ìwé (paper clip)lè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 300 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Green lynx spider ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

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

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Peucetia viridans
Ẹgbẹ́
Alántakùn
Ìdílé
Oxyopidae2
Ètò
Araneae
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
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
Ewu fún ènìyàn
1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Peucetia viridans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Peucetia viridans (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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