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Building a web on a plastic chair outdoors. I think it gave up after being disrupted but I’m not sure. Southern Mississippi, not far from Louisiana
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- Submitted: Nov 23, 2025
- Photographed: Nov 23, 2025
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Tylertown, Mississippi, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Freshwater river, lake, stream,Forest
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
It’s not in the photo but it has a pale orange underside
Looks like a sort of long jawed orb weaver. first glance, looked like an insect.
I wasn’t sure it was a spider at first but at closer inspection it definitely has 8 legs and was attempting to build a web
I agree with Dan, Tetragnathidae is the most likely family, Tetragnatha is the most likely genus. There are other Orbweavers with a similar body shape, the Trashline Orbweavers. Both are interesting. The Long-jawed Orbweavers build horizontal or tilted orb webs over water to catch emerging insects. Trashline Orbweavers use the leftovers from the bugs they eat plus silk to sculpt rows of decoy spiders that look like themselves. It’s difficult to identify the real spider until it moves.