Subject: Green Lynx Spider eats Budworm
Geographic location of the bug: Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, CA
Date: 10/23/2019
Time: 07:15 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Dear Bugman,
Exactly one month ago, I sent in images of a Green Lynx Spider that laid an egg sac on one of my medical marijuana plants, and this morning I noticed her eating a Budworm, and her brood has hatched. I thought they would hatch in the spring. What gives?
How you want your letter signed: Constant Gardener
Dear Constant Gardener,
Thanks for keeping our readership up to date on the mundane dramas in your garden. Daniel has always thought that the eggs of Green Lynx Spiders would hatch in the spring. Lower beasts are much more attuned to their environments than are most humans, and perhaps global warming is affecting the hatching cycle of Green Lynx Spiders. According to the Orlando Sentinel: “A green lynx spider’s egg sac is much easier to spot than the spider itself. The sac is a slightly bumpy, sand-colored container housing up to 600 bright orange eggs that will hatch within 11 to 16 days. The sac is about an inch diameter with one flat side and one rounded. After its construction is complete, the female spider surrounds the sac with a sketchy tent of randomly woven silky threads. She then protects it further by clutching it with her legs as she hangs upside down.”