So it had been a bit rainy recently and I was starting to get concerned about the egg sac. It was over 2 weeks since she built the sac and there were white spots inside a crack, I thought it was probably a fungus or something that got them. I thought the babies probably died.

A few days later, I noticed she started spinning again, which solidified my theory of a dead sac. The new one was super green because she had been chowing down on some big fat bright green tomato hornworms. I was sad for the first set, but happy to see she had enough for a second.

It was really cool that I got to watch her actually put the eggs inside.

She was really skinny after, so I’ve been finding hornworms and inchworms to place near her and keep her fed. The plant she’s on is dead, so it doesn’t attract much and once the babies leave, the whole plant is getting composted.

Well, finally after long weeks of waiting, I found some of the babies coming out of the first sac. The white I assumed was a fungus was actually from them molting! They weren’t dead and there are SO MANY BABIES!! Just look how adorable they all are!! There are a lot more still inside, but every day more babies venture outside the safety of the sac. They are starting to show a little bit of color too. They are absolutely adorable!

Hopefully in another couple of weeks, there will be another set of babies 💚

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!!

Just wanted to provide an update on the green lynx spider that’s been living in my garden. I’ve been watching her since late June when she was this tiny thing that was missing 2 legs.

She’s definitely getting a lot bigger! She caught an earwig yesterday.

I found one of her molts in the garden and took a picture.

Last night I found this handsome fella looking for love a few leaves over!! She was pretty close too.

She had him for breakfast this morning 💀Hopefully he is bringing her lots of nutrients to make some green lynx spider babies!

This gorgeous little lady has been living among my cucumber plant for 2 months. She recently moved onto my zucchini plant after I had to start spraying the cucumbers with neem oil for powdery mildew. Her zucchini leaf also has powdery mildew but I don’t have the heart to cut it off the plant because she’s made herself a little home there.

When I first saw her, she was missing 2 legs and she was very small.

Since then, I’ve noticed a few of her sheds in the cucumbers and she has tripled in size. Last week, she even caught 2 honeybees!

I never understood why people fear spiders. Just look at this beautiful gal! Such a pretty shade of green too 💚