Tetragnatha sp

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Photo by CoralAvery

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Field Notes

Description:

Brown spider with yellow bottom and long legs.

Habitat:

Spotted on bridge over lake.

Notes:

My mom helped with pics! I took the last one!! :)

Reference Links:

Tetragnatha, Orbiculariae of California

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (13)

nickashforth

Wow!

CoralAvery

Definitely Tetragnatha, but there are over 300 different species and I can't tell exactly if it's one of those five. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragnatha...

Ashish

Hi Coral... update ID and specie...!!

CindyBinghamKeiser

Hi Coral, you can always just put Tetragnatha sp since it's been decided that you know the genus.. According to http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stevelew/orb.html, there are 5 different species of Tetragnatha located in the area. Many of which look quite similar.

CoralAvery

Yes, but the site isn't completely sure what it is

Ashish

Hmmm I checked Cindy's link...perfect match... http://bugguide.net/node/view/320815

CoralAvery

Maybe Ashish, but in this link the second picture on the page looks just like it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-jawed_orb_weaver

Ashish

I think its Nephila sp as per shape and size.

CoralAvery

I think it's a common long-jawed orb weaver, check out this site: http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/longjawed/longjawed.htm#tetrag

CindyBinghamKeiser

Looks like this one but they're not sure of the species. http://bugguide.net/node/view/320815