Tetragnatha

Tetragnatha is a genus of spiders in the family Tetragnathidae. Tetragnatha spiders have been sighted 65 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Tetragnatha includes 8 countries and 19 states in the United States. Tetragnatha 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
Genus: Tetragnatha

Author

Menge, 1866

Sightings Overview

There have been 65 confirmed sightings of Tetragnatha, with the most recent sighting submitted on January 19, 2020 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 65 sightings because of certain Tetragnatha sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 46% of the time, Tetragnatha spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 65)
Sex: 2 female and 11 male.
Environment: Tetragnatha has been sighted 83 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 (18). 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.