October 9, I observed the mating dance of P viridans
October 25, I found several female P. viridans guarding egg sacs. One attached to a woody part of a bush and the other hanging from the branch of a bush.
December 1, The mom was absent from the egg sac but perhaps 50 - 100 orange spiderlings were there.
December 2, All spiderlings had departed the egg sac - some were dropping to the ground - perhaps preparing for cold weather.
Here are the photos of the spiderings - A cluster of spiderlings
Eyes of an infant Peucetia viridans
Lateral view of aninfant P. viridans showing the spinnerets,orange abdomen and greenish cephalothorax and eyes
Spinnerets of infant P. viridans
A cluster of spiderlings
Eyes of P. viridans
Another view of the spinnerets
An infant departing her old exoskeleton
A focus stack of the cluster of spiderlings
A focus stack of the cluster of spiderlings
A focus stack of the cluster of spiderlings
Departing her old exoskeleton - cephalothroax
C. Frank Starmer