White Light Green Spider

The female has a light green thorax.

White light green spider.

Around the spider s head is a hairy white crown that is topped with black hairs. The front pair of big eyes occupies half of its dark face. The male spider s body is bright green with a dark red colored head. The green lynx spider very seldom bites humans and when it does its venomous bite though painful is not deadly but may cause surrounding swelling up to 7 10 in diameter.

The legs are green to dark red. The green species below is easily identified. The markings on the abdomen differ clearly from those on the abdomen of other green species such as the cucumber spider and diaea dorsata a crab spider. Crab spiders come in several varieties and looks.

Green spiders some dull and mossy others a brilliant arresting neon green often dwell among forest leaves or in a flower garden s profusion of colors. The crab spiders most people see are part of thomisidae family. The species is primarily of interest for its usefulness in agricultural pest management for example in cotton fields. Some are used in courtship rituals while others are used to secure egg sacs.

Silk is produced by specialized glands found in the abdomen of the spider that are formed of liquid protein generated within the body. Spiders found in south carolina include 54 unique species from confirmed sightings by contributing members of spider id. The animal in the picture is a male. Spiders can generally be identified by the type of web they create though not all webs are used to capture prey.

But well camouflaged crab spider is called the green crab spider.