{"id":1027,"date":"2015-11-06T22:36:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T04:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2015-11-16T21:16:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T03:16:43","slug":"the-arthropod-series-part-iii-the-green-lynx-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"The Arthropod Series, Part III–The Green Lynx Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Green<\/a>
Green Lynx Spider with Egg Sac and Baby Spiders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Green Lynx<\/h3>\n

This Green Lynx is the spider who caught my eye on the Yellow Bells bush by the gate. \u00a0If I had known that this particular spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so\u00a0close for these photos. \u00a0The Green Lynx Spider <\/a>is named after the big cat because it is a hunter who leaps from stem to branch to\u00a0chase down its prey. \u00a0The web you see in the photo is not spun for catching dinner, but for attaching the dark egg sac firmly to the stem. \u00a0 \u00a0Not until I was cropping the photo did I see the swarm of baby spiders on the sac. \u00a0The egg sac holds on average around 200 eggs but may contain as many as 600 if it is the spider’s first sac of the season.<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\n

Eight Eyes<\/h3>\n
\"Green<\/a>
Green Lynx Spiders Have Eight Eyes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Green Lynx’s eight eyes create a hexagon shape on it’s head. \u00a0Black spines and polka dots on the \u00a0spider’s long legs give her a postmodern meets punk style.<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Color Adaptation<\/h3>\n
\"Green <\/a>
Green Lynx Spider <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Green <\/a>
Green Lynx Spider <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

The Green Lynx’ coloration can change over time to better match its environment within a range of pinks, yellows, and greens. \u00a0This spider matches the yellow wildflowers where she placed her egg sac. \u00a0The mother spider leaves her egg sac only to hunt and guards it fiercely with her body.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Building an Egg Sac?<\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

This spider appears to be constructing an egg sack on these seed heads. \u00a0I’m guessing the shiny substance is spider eggs. \u00a0If ants attack the sac, the spider will free the sac by cutting web strands until the sac is hanging below the plant. \u00a0This keeps the ants from reaching sac. \u00a0(Fink et al, 1987)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Green <\/a>
Green Lynx Spider Constructing Egg Sac <\/div> <\/div>
\"Green <\/a>
Green Lynx Spider With Eggs <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Green <\/a>
Green Lynx Spider With Eggs <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

<\/h3>\n

To Learn More About Texas Spiders<\/h3>\n

Spiders of Texas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Green Lynx This Green Lynx is the spider who caught my eye on the Yellow Bells bush by the gate. \u00a0If I had known that this particular spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so\u00a0close for these photos. \u00a0The Green Lynx Spider is named after the big cat because itContinue reading<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[187,189,186,185,188],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bastrop-lost-pines-nature","tag-bastrop-spiders","tag-bugs","tag-green-lynx-spider","tag-spiders","tag-texas-spiders"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Green Lynx Spider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Green Lynx spider caught my eye on a bush by the gate. Had know that this spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so close for photos.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Green Lynx Spider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Green Lynx spider caught my eye on a bush by the gate. Had know that this spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so close for photos.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lost Pines Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-07T04:36:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-17T03:16:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tammy Brown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tammy Brown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tammy Brown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0daa2078266a51d8cd7e6dae307f5642\"},\"headline\":\"The Arthropod Series, Part III–The Green Lynx Spider\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-07T04:36:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-17T03:16:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/DSC_0411.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bastrop spiders\",\"bugs\",\"green lynx spider\",\"spiders\",\"texas spiders\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bastrop Lost Pines Nature\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027\",\"name\":\"The Green Lynx Spider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/DSC_0411.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-07T04:36:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-17T03:16:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0daa2078266a51d8cd7e6dae307f5642\"},\"description\":\"This Green Lynx spider caught my eye on a bush by the gate. Had know that this spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so close for photos.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/DSC_0411.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/DSC_0411.jpg\",\"width\":1375,\"height\":1924,\"caption\":\"Green Lynx Spider\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?p=1027#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Arthropod Series, Part III–The Green Lynx Spider\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lost Pines Life\",\"description\":\"At home with nature in the Lost Pines of Bastrop, Texas\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0daa2078266a51d8cd7e6dae307f5642\",\"name\":\"Tammy Brown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7405d90a373cd19cd97c5133b2d33790b43b0292a16c4b19dae6301b0e2b7690?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7405d90a373cd19cd97c5133b2d33790b43b0292a16c4b19dae6301b0e2b7690?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7405d90a373cd19cd97c5133b2d33790b43b0292a16c4b19dae6301b0e2b7690?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tammy Brown\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lostpineslife.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Green Lynx Spider","description":"This Green Lynx spider caught my eye on a bush by the gate. Had know that this spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so close for photos.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Green Lynx Spider","og_description":"This Green Lynx spider caught my eye on a bush by the gate. Had know that this spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so close for photos.","og_url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027","og_site_name":"Lost Pines Life","article_published_time":"2015-11-07T04:36:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-17T03:16:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1375,"height":1924,"url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tammy Brown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tammy Brown","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027"},"author":{"name":"Tammy Brown","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0daa2078266a51d8cd7e6dae307f5642"},"headline":"The Arthropod Series, Part III–The Green Lynx Spider","datePublished":"2015-11-07T04:36:23+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-17T03:16:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027"},"wordCount":340,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg","keywords":["bastrop spiders","bugs","green lynx spider","spiders","texas spiders"],"articleSection":["Bastrop Lost Pines Nature"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027","url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027","name":"The Green Lynx Spider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg","datePublished":"2015-11-07T04:36:23+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-17T03:16:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0daa2078266a51d8cd7e6dae307f5642"},"description":"This Green Lynx spider caught my eye on a bush by the gate. Had know that this spider spits, leaps, and bites I might not have moved in so close for photos.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg","width":1375,"height":1924,"caption":"Green Lynx Spider"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1027#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Arthropod Series, Part III–The Green Lynx Spider"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/","name":"Lost Pines Life","description":"At home with nature in the Lost Pines of Bastrop, Texas","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0daa2078266a51d8cd7e6dae307f5642","name":"Tammy Brown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7405d90a373cd19cd97c5133b2d33790b43b0292a16c4b19dae6301b0e2b7690?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7405d90a373cd19cd97c5133b2d33790b43b0292a16c4b19dae6301b0e2b7690?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7405d90a373cd19cd97c5133b2d33790b43b0292a16c4b19dae6301b0e2b7690?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tammy Brown"},"url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_0411.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5RvQS-gz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}