Rank Family | Scientific name Tetragnathidae Higher classification Araneoidea Order Spider | |
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Long jawed orb weaver tetragnatha extensa
The long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (family Tetragnathidae) are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae.
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- Long jawed orb weaver tetragnatha extensa
- Leucauge spider tetragnathidae long jawed orb weavers
- Systematics
- References
The spiders are orb web weavers, weaving small orb webs with an open hub and few, wide-set radii and spirals. The webs have no signal line and no retreat. Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.

The genus Nephila, or golden silk orb-weavers, named after the golden tint of their silk, has been separated into its own family, Nephilidae.

Leucauge spider tetragnathidae long jawed orb weavers
Systematics
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.




References
Long-jawed orb weaver Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA