Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Tetragnathidae
- Genus: Tetragnatha
Author
Menge, 1866
Sightings Overview
There have been 66 confirmed sightings of Tetragnatha, with the most recent sighting submitted on July 17, 2024 by Spider ID member jenspiderid. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 66 sightings because of certain Tetragnatha sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 45% of the time, Tetragnatha spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 66)
- Sex: 2 female and 11 male.
- Environment: Tetragnatha has been sighted 84 times outdoors, and 8 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (29). On flower (2). Low foliage (20). High foliage (3). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (19). Saltwater (5). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Forest (3).
Location and Range
Tetragnatha has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, China, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States.
Tetragnatha has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas.
Seasonality
Tetragnatha has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January: 2
- February: 2
- March: 4
- April: 10
- May: 14
- June: 6
- July: 3
- August: 7
- September: 9
- October: 5
- November: 4
- December: