If you’ve ever spotted a bright green spider sitting perfectly still in the middle of a flowering shrub, staring you down instead of scurrying away, you’ve met the green lynx spider – and if you garden in Citrus Park, you’ve probably met more than one. The green lynx spider frequently catches the attention of Florida’s state entomologists, and Citrus Park’s landscaping gives it plenty of the habitat it prefers. But with Greenhouse Termite and Pest Control’s service we provide spider control in Citrus Park for homeowners.
A Spider That Actually Belongs in a Garden
The green lynx spider doesn’t build a web. It sits motionless on a shrub or flowering plant, blending almost perfectly with the foliage, and ambushes whatever insect wanders close enough – pouncing with the speed and agility that make jumping spiders famous. It’s large for a Florida species, vividly green, with a reddish patch between the eyes, and it an help keep other insects in check by actively hunting the same pests that would otherwise be bothering your plants.
It’s also almost entirely harmless to people. People rarely get bitten, and females guarding their egg sacs may become defensive if disturbed, but these spiders rarely bite and generally cause little medical concern. What green lynx spiders do need is exactly what Citrus Park has plenty of: dense, flowering, shrub-heavy landscaping. Citrus Park shifted from working groves to heavily planted residential yards over the past several decades, but the plant-dense conditions this spider depends on remain – they simply moved from citrus rows to flower beds.
