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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Longjawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae) » Longjawed Orbweavers (Tetragnatha) » Tetragnatha viridis
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Tetragnatha viridis, molting - Tetragnatha viridis - male
Copyright © 2009 Eric Gofreed

Tetragnatha viridis, molting - Tetragnatha viridis - Male
Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
July 12, 2009
I am not sure if this is a mating or a feast.
Do orb weavers eat their mates?
Notice the red parasite on the female. Is that a tick?

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Contributed by Eric Gofreed on 12 July, 2009 - 8:49pm
Last updated 25 July, 2009 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 July, 2009 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 July, 2009 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

i think that's a different Tetragnatha
Looks different than the orchard orb weaver.

Cool pics!
… Andrew Williams, 12 July, 2009 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Not a tick...
Probably some kind of parasitic mite.
… Andrew Meeds, 12 July, 2009 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

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