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Tetragnatha elongata
Tube shaped spider with arboreal camouflage stripes of brown and ocher yellow. 1" long body and 1" to 3" legs.
This spider was found on Monastery Lake near Pecos, New Mexico at the foot of the Rocky mountains, Sangre de Christo range. The small half mile long lake is connected to the Pecos River. Elevation over 9000 feet. At time area was heavily populated with flying insects such as gnats and dragonflies.
Spotted on Jul 19, 2009
Submitted on Oct 10, 2011
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This is one of the Tetragnatha (long-jawed orbweavers). See http://bugguide.net/node/view/1958/bgima... and see if you can narrow down the ID. Cool spider!