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Long-Jawed Orb weaver

Tetragnatha sp

Photo by Dragoon
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40.0509, -76.6577

Field Notes

Description:

Found a few of these guys with connected webs-- bizarre. I've never seen webs that actually interconnected, but there was a group of around three that seemed to have built off of each other. Sadly, I wasn't equipped to photograph the structure.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Atul
Yes indeed Argy ! this is a Long Jawd Orb weaver. Family Tetragnathidae.
Mark Ridgway
Possibly long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha sp.) ?

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International Spider Survey
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Creatures of Pennsylvania
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PublishedMay 28, 2013

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