Bug FAQLesser Green Lynx Spider
Peucetia longipalpis · Order: Araneae · Family: Oxyopidae
Also called: Green Lynx, lynx spiders
The Lesser Green Lynx Spider is a member of the lynx spider family Oxyopidae. It is found from the United States down to Venezuela. It hunts the insect Narnia femorata.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is a lynx spider in the family Oxyopidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It occurs across a range that includes the United States and extends to Venezuela.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It preys on the insect Narnia femorata.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range runs from the United States to Venezuela.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 6 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Arkansas.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
Same family (Oxyopidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peucetia_longipalpis
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