Ed. Note August 7, 2017
Recently we have been receiving requests to identify creatures on Woody Plants, so we decided to create a new tag: What’s on my Woody Plant? to cover insects found on Cannabis.
Our Facebook followers are clamoring for more coverage of Woody Plants.
Jeff Lanterman wrote on August 4: “Please more Woody Plant bug submissions!”
Judith Barnard Smith wrote on August 5: “wish there were a way to actually subscribe because I could become a bug addict…..”
Ed. Note August 8, 2017
And in the interest of balanced posting, there are some detractors.
Michael Steele wrote on August 8: “Stop with the ‘woody plant’ shit man. You do that every time someone sends you a pot photo. Nobody here is stupid. Just say cannabis.” and “People aren’t requesting it that way, you are posting it as it being requested that way. Get off the gas. Again, nobody is buying your story.”
Subject: Green Lynx Spider on my other Woody Plant
Location: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California
August 7, 2017 9:22 pm
Dear Bugman,
You have already identified one male Green Lynx Spider on my woody plant, but now this Green Lynx Spider is on my other woody plant in a different part of the garden. This is my first time growing woody plants, which are really nothing more than weeds with benefits, and I am surprised at how easy they are to grow. All they need is sun and water. I am really fascinated with the ecosystem that exists on an individual plant and I love learning about beneficial creatures in the garden like this Green Lynx Spider. What more can you tell me about Green Lynx Spiders?
Signature: Constant Gardener
Dear Constant Gardener,
Your submission is perfectly timed to launch our newest tag: What’s on my Woody Plant? With more and more people growing legally at home, and with organic, pesticide free cultivation critical, we hope to educate the web browsing public of the importance of natural predators. This is a female Green Lynx Spider. She has smaller pedipalps and she is more robust physically than is the male. She is probably much more likely to remain on a plant where there is good hunting and she may eventually lay eggs that she will guard with her life. Green Lynx Spiders do not build webs to hunt but they do build a messy web to protect the eggs. Green Lynx Spiders pounce on their prey from some distance and they are able to take down large prey. They frequently perch on the tips of branches, especially those with blossoms or those that attract insects. They have excellent eyesight and they can catch winged prey. When he first moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, Daniel once watched a Green Lynx Spider leap from a rose to just nearly miss a Cabbage White that was flying about a foot away. The spider missed but returned to its branch thanks to a silken anchor line. We believe your “Woody Plant” is pollinated by the wind and not by insects, but if your plant is attracting phytophagous species like Hemipterans and Grasshoppers, they will likely become food for this beautiful Green Lynx Spider. Please continue to send us images of creatures you find on your “Woody Plant”.