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Singapore wildlife: Green spiders in Singapore

A very rare sighting. On 16 Oct 2020, in Yio Chu Kang Crescent, I saw two green spiders of less than 0.4 inches long.

GREEN LYNX SPIDERS

Green lynx spiders seen in Singapore Yio Chu Kang Crescent.
The adult is less than 1 inch long. They don't spin a web but pounce on the prey with their legs, like a lynx cat. The following image shows a young spider at around 0.4 inches long.

Lighter green yellowish colour.

Young green lynx spider 0.4 inches long.

VIDEO: BATTLE OF THE LYNX SPIDERS

Young green lynx spider around 0.4 inches long

Adult green lynx spider around 0.8 inches long

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peucetia_viridans

Peucetia viridans

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 Jamaica.

The species name, viridans, is Latin for "becoming green". It should not be confused with either

Peucetia. viridana, a species that occurs only in India and Myanmar, or P. viridis from Spain and Africa.

The body of the female may be as much as 22 millimeters (0.87 in) long. The male is smaller, being more slender 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.^[1]

The green lynx spider very seldom bites humans, and when it does, its venomous bite, though painful, is not deadly^[3] but may cause surrounding swelling (edema) up to 7"-10" in diameter.^[4]

The species is primarily of interest for its usefulness in agricultural pest management, for example in cotton fields. The spiders have been observed to hunt several moth species and their larvae, including some of the most important crop pests, such as the bollworm moth (Heliothis zea), the cotton leafworm moth (Alabama agrillacea), and the cabbage looper moth (Trichoplusia ni). However, they also prey on beneficial insects, such as honey bees.^[5]

Female green lynx spider

Green lynx spider

By Vengolis - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71549668

Green lynx spider with egg sac

CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Greenlynx5640.JPG
Created: circa 2004 date QS:P,+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

Madhumay Mallik - Own work

Lynx spiders are hunters specialized for living on plants. This species does not use a web to capture its prey. In our region, it often lies in wait for insects in the blooms or on the pads of prickly pear, for which its bright green color offers ideal camouflage. It pounces on its prey in a cat-like manner, which is the reason for the name “lynx.” It is active during the day.