Subject: Green Lynx Spider
Geographic location of the bug: Botswana
Date: 08/20/2019
Time: 07:56 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Hello
I found this spider in Botswana 2018. I searched in the Internet and it looks like it must be a Green Lynx Spider. But that one only exsist in America. What is your opinion?
How you want your letter signed: Greetings, Niklas.
Dear Niklas,
You are correct that the North American Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans, is not native to Botswana, but the genus is represented in Africa as evidenced by this FlickR image from Madagascar and this FlickR image from Mozambique. The large pedipalps indicate that your individual is a male.
Update: September 1, 2019
Thanks a lot for your reply,
So here’s some evidence that it also exists in Botswana. We found it at our previous home in Dekar close to Ghanzi, Botswana.
Greetings