Green huntsman spider

Micrommata virescens
Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)

♀

Green huntsman spideron RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Green spider with long wide legs and prominent black/white eyes. The ♂ has a more olive green tinge and a yellow rear with a red line. The ♀ rear is bright green with a dark length line, and she is considerably larger.

Often hunting at sunny forest edges between the leafage.

⇔ l. 8-15 mm

syn. MICROMMATA ROSEA, MICROMMATA ROSEUM

The ♀ builds a nest of joint woven leaf and guards the eggs until the eggs hatch after which she is yellow coloured and lost a lot of weight. 

LA:
≈ The ARANIELLA CUCURBITINA (Cucumber green spider) is more spherical with short legs, and the front is not as bright green. 
≈ The DIAEA DORSATA (Green crab spider) has a brown rear.
≈ HERAEUS HIRTUS has a white pattern on the body and often a pink spot.

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