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Long-jawed Orb weaver

Tetragnatha sp.

Description:

This long-jawed spider was about 11mm long. It was stretched out at the centre of its web looking very much like a small twig (pic 1). When the web was disturbed it spread out and curled itself as in pic 3.

Habitat:

Spotted on an outer building wall.

Notes:

They prey on small arthropods.
here's some more information on these spiders:
http://www.biocomp.unibo.it/piero/articl...
Family: Tetragnathidae.

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Leuba Ridgway
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Spotted on Jan 5, 2016
Submitted on Jan 7, 2016

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