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Eastern Cave Long-Jawed Spider

Meta Ovalis

Description:

Meta Ovilis is a species of long-jawed orb weaver in the family Tetragnathidae. It can be found in the United States and Canada. Colors are brown, black, yellow, and red. Size is 0.3”-0.4” long (f) or 0.4” long (m). (This does not include the length of the feet.)

Habitat:

Habitat is caves, abandoned mines, basements, old wells, well-shaded ravines, and similar. I found this spider on the edge of a small cave in the Adirondack mountains.

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Eastern Cave Long-Jawed Spider
Meta Ovalis


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mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah a year ago

Welcome to Project Noah, jennabug29! Thanks for sharing your first spotting and filling out all of the required fields. Hope to see more from you!

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Speculator, New York, United States

Spotted on Jul 10, 2022
Submitted on Jul 10, 2022

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