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 308 confirmed sightings of Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb-weavers), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 14, 2025 by Spider ID member geanny. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 308 sightings because of certain Tetragnathidae sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 73% of the time, Tetragnathidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 308)
- Sex: 20 female and 26 male.
- Environment: Tetragnathidae has been sighted 344 times outdoors, and 35 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (155). On flower (5). Low foliage (88). High foliage (26). Ground layer (14). Under rock or debris (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (23). Saltwater (5). Open field, pasture, grassland (5). Forest (15). Cave (6).
Location and Range
Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb-weavers) has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States.
Tetragnathidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, 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.
Seasonality
Tetragnathidae has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 8
- February: 16
- March: 36
- April: 48
- May: 94
- June: 30
- July: 7
- August: 12
- September: 16
- October: 25
- November: 12
- December: 4