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Structure
The slender, relatively long legs of the green lynx spider make it a fast runner. This enables it to chase down prey insects, and also to escape from predators itself. This species has excellent eyesight, an adaptation that also aids in active hunting.
Color
Its translucent green body and yellow legs enable the green lynx spider to blend into the vegetation of its habitat, making it unobtrusive to both predators and prey. Black dots on the legs help break up the animal's outline. The camouflage increases a spider's chance of hunting success, and reduces the risk of it being eaten.
Hunting Techniques
Green lynx spiders chase their prey, rather than wait to entrap prey in webs. This species is able to jump and pounce on prey insects, which include moths, wasps and bees. Sometimes they stop and wait for the prey to come to them, often beside or in flowers. Their camouflage colors are an advantage for this technique. Green lynx spiders hunt during the day, a time when many of their prey species are most likely to be active, and when keen eyesight is especially useful. The ability to take down potentially dangerous insects such as bees gives green lynxes a wider range of possible insects to eat, and so a greater chance of obtaining enough food.
Breeding
The females construct silk cocoons for their egg sacs and securely attach them to vegetation. The mothers increase the chances of their offspring's surviving by guarding the egg sacs until they hatch. Female lynx spiders aggressively attack anything that appears to be threatening their brood. They also assist the spiderlings when they emerge, tearing into the cocoon to let the little spiders out. To help defend their offspring and themselves, green lynx spiders sometimes spit venom.