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Species Tetragnatha laboriosa - Silver Longjawed Orbweaver

Long-jawed Orb Weaver - Tetragnatha laboriosa - female

Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850 - male - Tetragnatha laboriosa - male

Small spider - Tetragnatha laboriosa - female

Tiny longjawed orbweaver - Tetragnatha laboriosa - male

tiny long-jawed orbweaver - Tetragnatha laboriosa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Tetragnathidae (Longjawed Orb Weavers)

Genus Tetragnatha (Longjawed Orbweavers)

Species laboriosa (Silver Longjawed Orbweaver)

Identification

Laboriosa has silvery patches on abdomen and the lateral eyes are distinctly separated from each other. ~ Rod Crawford

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 4 September, 2007 - 11:23pm
Additional contributions by kschnei
Last updated 18 October, 2009 - 8:02pm

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