Tetragnathidae
(Long-jawed Orb-weavers)

The spider family Tetragnathidae, commonly known as Long-jawed Orb-weavers, have been sighted 264 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Tetragnathidae includes 2 countries and 33 states in the United States. Tetragnathidae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae

Common Name (AAS)

Longjawed Orbweavers

Other Common Names

Long-jawed Orbweavers, Water Orbweavers

Author

Anton Menge, 1866

Sightings Overview

There have been 264 confirmed sightings of Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 3, 2026 by Spider ID member scared4mydog. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 264 sightings because of certain Tetragnathidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 77% of the time, Tetragnathidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 264)
Sex: 15 female and 20 male.
Environment: Tetragnathidae has been sighted 304 times outdoors, and 22 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (143). On flower (4). Low foliage (79). High foliage (23). Ground layer (8). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (23). Saltwater (4). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (13). Cave (4).

Location and Range

Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Tetragnathidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.