Genus Peucetia

The green lynx spiders: vivid green, spiny-legged ambush hunters that build no web at all, taking prey from flowers and foliage in daylight. They are among the most watchable true spiders available, because everything they do happens in the open.

Females guard their egg sacs aggressively and stay with the spiderlings after hatching, which is genuinely engaging to observe and worth timing a purchase around. They can also spray venom short distances when provoked, a rare trick that is mostly harmless to keepers. Planted enclosures with hunting perches suit them; webs-and-hides setups waste them.

Supply is seasonal wild collection across the warm Americas, so prices sit where abundance puts them and availability follows the calendar. Adults arrive with unknown time remaining, and lynx spider lifespans are short. Early-season juveniles are the sensible purchase for anyone who wants the full run.