Green Lynx Spider update

A new update on my spider friend! A few weeks ago, I lost track of her and thought she left the garden to find a safe place for her egg sac. I was sad that I did not see her for a while, but I eventually found her halfway across the yard on a tomato plant. The day after I found her, she was doing a funny little dance and I suspected she was getting her sac ready. I was correct and she laid eggs that night!

Since then, she’s caught some tomato hornworms and she got really fat again.

Then I was out of town for about 10 days and the tomato plant died. I’m no longer growing it for tomatoes, now it’s just shelter for my friend. This lovely gal completely changed color while I was gone to match the reddish brown of the surrounding leaves. And she continues to eat the hornworms whenever she finds them.

I can’t wait for her babies to hatch!!