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Stretch Spider
Tetragnatha sp.
22.1844, 88.1182
Field Notes
Description:
The spider is pretty peculiarly elongated (and is called a Stretch spider) but what drew my eye was the leaf that was used as a sort of counterweight to hold down one line of the web. It was clear that the geometry of the web needed this counterweight. Later I watched it deliberately snap the leaf and let the line collapse. You can see the long-jaws in the last snap.
Habitat:
A pond attached to a residential building. The pond has small stairs leading to the water and the web was attached to the side wall and extended into the leaves of vegetation extending over the water (out of my arm's reach). I read that this spider can run over water.
Notes:
Tetragnatha: Tetra is Geek speak for four and Gnatha means jaw.
Reference Links:
Tetragnatha - Wikipedia
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedApril 11, 2019
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