Tetragnathidae
(Long-jawed Orb-weavers)

Your photos are great! I marked “EYES” as an attribute on your submission because it is a photo that shows the eyes well. Bugguide.net has eye charts that are helpful. This is a male. He has bulbous endings to his pedipalps. The pedipalps are the parts that male spiders use to transfer semen to a female – it’s a nontraditional kinda thing. 🙂 It’s cool, the bulbs have a very specific shape, like a key. The female opening has a specific shape, like a keyhole. Within a species the two fit together. A way spiders are scientifically identified involves microscopy… Read more »