Tetragnatha

Picture ID 3735

Picture of Tetragnatha - Ventral,Webs

Comments & ID Thoughts

this spider photo was taken on Sept 16, 2017 in its web in low vegetation near the lakeshore. It is a Longjawed Orbweaver but I was wondering if anyone could tell which species it is from this photo.

  • Submitted by: 
    JohnR
  • Submitted: Jan 7, 2018
  • Photographed: Sep 16, 2017
  • Spider: Tetragnatha
  • Location: Tobermory, Ontario, Canada
  • Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes: Ventral, Webs
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ItsyBitsy

Tetragnatha is a another big genus full of similar looking species. For North America the only one I know how to separate is T. viridis because it’s green. 🙂 Some of them can be separated by looking at the dorsal design, but I don’t know them well enough yet to do that with confidence.

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Picture of Tetragnatha spp. - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Tetragnatha spp. - Male - Lateral Enlarge Picture
Picture of Tetragnatha spp. - Male - Lateral Enlarge Picture
Picture of Tetragnatha spp. - Male - Dorsal Enlarge Picture