Species Tetragnatha elongata

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

BG3179 E6226 - Tetragnatha elongata - male

BG3186 E6208 - Tetragnatha elongata - female

hammock cocoon revisited - Tetragnatha elongata

Longjawed Orbweaver - Tetragnatha elongata - male

Long-legged Spider near water - Tetragnatha elongata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb Weavers)

Genus Tetragnatha (Longjawed Orbweavers)

Species elongata (Tetragnatha elongata)

Identification

Voucher Specimen

Female:

Male:

Range

Across the US & southern Canada, though most data points are in the eastern half of the US. (1)

Habitat

Usually construct their webs in the shade above water.

Works Cited

1.	The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23 By Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 27 June, 2010 - 12:11am
Last updated 14 January, 2011 - 9:30am

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