This Female Green Lynx Spider is
protecting her egg sack and making a meal of a small pollen covered
native bee. These spiders do not catch their prey with a web but
pounce on them instead. I am fascinated by the eyes of spiders, particularly
the hunting spiders. They have very good vision compared to
insects. The eyes are looking forward. If you look at the eyes
of a fly or bee they are on the sides of the head. A measure of the size of this spider can be seen by the
thumb in the background. The spider was not at all aggressive to me
but maybe a little worried when I flipped her leaf over to take this
photo. The Lynx Spiders will often hang upside down and are
sometimes referred to as upside down jumping spiders.
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