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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 ...
Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]
The magnolia green jumper is small for a jumping spider, with adult females measuring 7-8mm and adult males 5-6mm. [3] Most specimens appear as a pale, partially translucent green (from which they derive a part of their taxonomic and common names) with a small fringe of scales which may appear red, orange, yellow or white on the crown of the head, framing the eyes. [3]
Argiope aurantia. Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, [2] [3] black and yellow garden spider, [4] golden garden spider, [5] writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. [6] The species was first described by Hippolyte ...
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.
You may lose the spider in the chase and be left with a greater anxiety of where the spider managed to scurry off to, she warns. 3. The Paper Towel Method. Again, pretty self-explanatory—just ...
Leucauge venusta, known as the orchard orbweaver spider, is a long-jawed orbweaver spider that occurs from southern Canada to Colombia, along the East coast, reaching into the central US, also in South Asia. The web is often oriented horizontally, with the spider hanging down in the center. It is distinctively colored, with leaf-green legs and ...
If you are bitten by a spider, but you don’t believe it is a black widow or yellow sac spider, the Washington State Department of Health recommends you to: Wash the bite area with soap and water ...