Tetragnatha

Picture ID 4026

Submitted by:
jadedfox
Submitted: Jan 15, 2018
Photographed: Apr 16, 2017
Spider: Tetragnatha
Location: Southport , United Kingdom
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Freshwater river, lake, stream
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Lateral

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ItsyBitsy

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January 15, 2018 5:54 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 It looks like you have one of the Longjawed Orbweavers, *maybe* Tetragnatha extensa.
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/tetragnatha-extensa-photo_lat-13214.html

Jadedfox

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

January 15, 2018 6:05 pm

Thank you I thought it might be looking through some of the pictures on spider identification sites, however I wasn’t sure since this one had a particularly greenish hue in person and proportionally shorter front legs. But I’m a botanist so it’s not my field (pun intended) although I’ve developed an interest in insects considering that I come into contact with them during my work.

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to Jadedfox

January 15, 2018 6:17 pm

You’re welcome. 🙂 The length of the front legs being shorter may mean it’s a juvenile. Color differences might have to do with age too, or perhaps something it was eating had a geeen pigment to it. The legs look fairly long though, they may also appear shorter because they’re bent on yours and pulled straight out in the linked image.