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Silver Long-jawed Orb Weaver Spider

Tetragnata ( laboriosa) probably

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Description:

female; legs span maybe 2 inches; cling to a support with their short third pair of legs while holding their remaining 4, much longer, legs extended in front of the body; long slender body darkish brownish green with silvery speckles and definite line down abdomen with a few angled cross bars, named orb weaver due to orb shaped webs

Habitat:

urban schoolyard near pond

Reference Links:

Long-Jawed Orb Weaver | Mountain Lake Biological Station, U.Va.

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