Comments & ID Thoughts
I have no idea what type this is. The body is a pretty metallic looking silver with black and reddish/orange accents. I wouldn’t get any closer to accurately tell if it was red or orange dots. The legs were green.
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- Submitted: Oct 31, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 31, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Hammond, Louisiana, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
This is an Orchard Spider, one of the Leucage species in the Long-jawed Orb Weaver family Tetragnathidae.
Have a look at https://spiderid.com/spider/tetragnathidae/leucauge/ for different species to compare with your spider.
Underneath side of a Mabel Orchid Weaver