Rewilding My Lot

I have often seen Green Lynx Spiders (Peucetia viridans) in the garden. They are hunters that do not use a web — their strategy is to wait in some setting that is green so that they are camouflaged, and then to pounce on their prey.

As I was walking past my Barbados Cherry shrub, I saw what looked like a spider with a striped body. That was unusual so I stopped and looked closer. What I was actually seeing was a Green Lynx Spider making a meal of a wasp.

I didn’t have time to watch very long and when I went back out a few hours later I couldn’t find either of them. I presume the spider finished its meal and then discarded whatever remained.

A few months ago I was privileged to find a Green Lynx egg sac and then to watch the family emerge and grow over the course of a few weeks.

Here’s a photo of that Green Lynx Spider guarding her eggs in November 2025.