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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. This spider is common in the southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and in many West Indies islands, especially Jamaica. Lynx spiders are hunters specialized for living on ...
Lyssomanes viridis. ( Walckenaer, 1837) [ 1] Synonyms [ 1] Attus viridis Walckenaer, 1837. Tetragnatha lutea Walckenaer, 1841. Lyssomanes viridis, commonly known as the magnolia green jumper, is a species of jumping spider of the genus Lyssomanes, for which it is the type species. The species' native range extends through much of North America ...
Females can reach a body length of 22 mm, males up to 15 mm. This species is much darker than others of the same genus. While subadult spiders have a greyish opisthosoma with a marking similar to Segestria senoculata, adults are of a uniform black, sometimes with a green iridescent shine, especially on the chelicerae, [2] which reflect with a striking green.
The underside and head of a female spider. Spiders, unlike insects, have only two main body parts ( tagmata) instead of three: a fused head and thorax (called a cephalothorax or prosoma) and an abdomen (also called an opisthosoma ). The exception to this rule are the assassin spiders in the family Archaeidae, whose cephalothorax is divided into ...
Araniella cucurbitina, sometimes called the "cucumber green spider", is a spiderof the familyAraneidae. [1]Araniella cucurbitinais found across Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia and Japan. The cucurbitinain the name comes from the word cucurbitwhich is a family of plants including cucumbers. Taxonomy.
Misumena vatia. Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with a holarctic distribution. In North America, it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider, [1] as it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays and milkweed plants. They are called crab spiders because of their unique ability to walk sideways as well as forwards ...
Thomisidae. The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as flower spiders or flower crab spiders.
Cosmophasis. Species: C. umbratica. Binomial name. Cosmophasis umbratica. Simon, 1903. Cosmophasis umbratica is a species of jumping spider found in South and Southeast Asia. They are members of the family Salticidae and the genus Cosmophasis. They are commonly spotted on green vegetation. [ 1]