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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae)
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spider on snow
Copyright © 2013 mholland

spider on snow
Hartland, Vermont, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
March 9, 2013
Size: 1/4" roughly
Can anyone tell me what species of spider was crawling on top of the snow today?

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Contributed by mholland on 9 March, 2013 - 5:41pm
Last updated 10 March, 2013 - 12:38pm

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Moved from ID Request. Yes, I guess it's Tetragnatha, but I'd like to see a more dorsal shot if you have one.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 March, 2013 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I've posted a sho
Thank you! I've posted a shot of it when it was disturbed -- only other angle I had. Doesn't stretch out its legs, but crumples them up into a ball.
… mholland, 13 March, 2013 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Looks like something in Tetragnathidae
Maybe Tetragnatha or Pachygnatha??
… john and jane balaban, 9 March, 2013 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… mholland, 13 March, 2013 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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