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Tetragnatha sp
I hesitated to call it a spider because of these knobby stalked eyes. catgrin set me right about what the 'eyes'really are!
On a plant by the side of a road. I spotted it and it spotted me; then it played dead, tried to hide and finally did. I think it used a web or at least a line to move about.
Thanks to catgrin for the ID.
No problem! People who are on here are genuinely interested in the things they get pictures of, so I feel it's worth it to provide whatever good info I can!
Thank you catgrin, not just for the ID but for the information you gave about pedipalps. Really appreciate the effort you made and the time you spend on this spotting. Thanks, again.
Hi! Your picture is of a Longjawed Orbweaver (spider!) - nothing dangerous, so no fear there. :)
Those "eyes" aren't eyes. Those are things called "pedipalps" that male spiders use when being very, very friendly with female spiders. All spiders - both male and female have pedipalps, but on females they just look like an extra short pair of legs. Only males have ones that bulge at the end. So you can often use them to figure out if a spider is male or female.
Congratulations! It's a boy!
Spotted on Nov 3, 2014
Submitted on Nov 3, 2014
