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Tetragnatha sp
This spider has an incredibly long set of front of legs. The female's mouth part, the chelicerae, is also unusually long as well. Males have a very short chelicerae. This spider weaves a small, horizontal web between the stems of a plant or shrub and waits on a stem, vertically, with its front pairs of legs stretched before it and its hing pairs of legs wrapped around the stem. The spiral web has a hole in the center. Any disturbance will cause the spider to descend. Females lay their egg sac nearby in a cocoon. Once hatched, the spiderlings weave their own webs.
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Spotted on Aug 19, 2013
Submitted on Aug 23, 2013
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