Greensboro GA Passion Flower Surprise Green Lynx Spider Wildlife Art
by Reid Callaway
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Greensboro GA Passion Flower Surprise Green Lynx Spider Wildlife Art
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Reid Callaway
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Photograph - Photography
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Greensboro GA Passion Flower Surprise.....By Reid Callaway
Green Lynx Spider Wildlife Art
This is a Green Lynx Spider on a Passion Flower. I found this little fellow beside a dove field I was in, quite by accident. Spiders have eight eyes so do you see his eight eyes?
The green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) is a bright-green lynx spider usually found on green plants. It is the largest North American species in the family Oxyopidae.
The body of the female may be as much as 22 millimeters (0.87 in) long. The male is smaller, being slenderer and averaging 12 millimeters (0.47 in) in length. There often is a red patch between the eyes, with a few red spots on the body. The eye region is clothed with white appressed hairs. The dorsal surface of the abdomen bears about six Chevron-like marks with the centres pointing forward. The legs are green to yellow, bearing long black spines such as appear on the legs of most species of Oxyopidae, and with a generous scattering of black spots. Peucetia viridans is confusingly similar to Peucetia longipalpis, the other Peucetia species to occur in the United States, but Peucetia longipalpis tends to have a shorter, fatter, more domed abdomen, with less pronounced markings in its upper surface.
Late in the season Peucetia viridans is prone to change its colour from predominantly green to paler yellow, typically with streaks of reddish, suggesting degradation of the tetrapyrrole pigment in the blood. Gravid females may change their color to fit their background. This takes about 16 days.
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Maria for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 11/22/2022
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Thank you Jasna Dragun for featuring my artwork in our group... Global Flowers Photograph! 3/26/2022
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Thank you Gary for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 3/9/2022
Gary F Richards
Spectacular spider/floral composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted
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Thank you Luther Fine Art for being a true fan of my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 8/7/2019
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Reid Callaway
Thank you Frozen in Time Fine Art for featuring my artwork in our group..... Your Very Best Photograph! 6/25/2019
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Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Reid Callaway
Thanks so much Mariola Bitner featuring my artwork in our group...BUGs, BUGs and more BUGs! 10/3/2015
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Thank you Linda Howes for making this image one of your personal Favorites! This was my first image of a Green Lynx Spider so I thought it was pretty cool too...
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