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Silver long jawed orb-weaver

Tetragnatha laboriosa

Description:

It is a slim spider that acts like a stick while resting, just like a stick insect.The name comes from the gold and silver patterns on the abdomen.The species has folded jaws that are only used while finding prey or attacked.The legs are very long and the spider can run very quickly.This species can grow a little larger than the one seen in the picture.

Habitat:

Grass and a blueberry plant that had its web on .

Notes:

This specimen was found on a blueberry plant and then got scared and fell to the grass.

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Ornithoptera80
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Ornithoptera80

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Spotted on Apr 1, 2020
Submitted on Apr 1, 2020

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