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Long-jawed Orb Weaver Spider - Tetragnatha sp.
There are 980 species of this spider worldwide. Long-jawed orb weavers are fairly easy to identify by their huge, powerful jaws, or chelicerae, and long, slender abdomen. Like the other family of orb weavers, the Araneidae, these spiders have eight eyes and these eyes are in 2 rows. They have 3 claws on each tarsus. There are about 25 species in North America. The Venusta Orchard spider, a very common woodland arachnid, is a member of this family but its abdomen is not nearly as slender. Some species of long-jaws stand at the side of their web, keeping their legs on a radial spoke in order to detect vibrations that signal the arrival of prey. They are very adept at dropping out of sight at the slightest disturbance, or carefully camouflaging themselves as thorns or simply hiding lined up with the long axis of a twig or grass blade. They live in meadows and marshes, woodland edges. Food: insects. Most members of this family do not build vertical webs, they are usually tilted and sometimes close to horizontal. In some species, only the spiderlings produce webs. The orchard spiders build their webs in shrubs or trees.

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LONG JAWED ORBWEAVERS

Reply: This is a long jawed orb weaver - glen

25 October, 2011:
I don't know if this is a spider. This was on a fishing dock in North Eastern Indiana, just south of the Michigan border. I observed it using the long front legs as feelers. I've never seen anything like this before! Thanks, Rene K.

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Reply: This is a long jawed orb weaver - glen

16 October, 2011:
I found this one down by the creek I live next to. It's quite big and wanted to know what kind it was.

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16 October, 2011:
Wow, sorry about that. Here are those pictures of the suspected tetragnatha. Thanks again, Matt
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Reply: Yes I would, thanks for the photos- glen

18 September, 2011:
Would you be interested in higher res photos of any of the attached for your spider website?
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Reply: This looks like some sort of long jawed orb weaver too - glen

1 August, 2011:
Here are two pictures of the same spider seen on a fishing dock on the Rock River in Illinois. Any ideas on what this one is? Brian
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Reply: This looks like some sort of long jawed orb weaver - glen

1 August, 2011:
I live in Lewisville, Texas. There are a lot of spiders like this during the summer around the lake in the wooded area. They are probably about an inch long with its legs extended in front of it as in the photo. They look like broken pieces of twigs unless you stop to really observe them.

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Reply: This is a long jawed orb weaver - glen

25 May, 2011:
I live in Lewisville, Texas. There are a lot of spiders like this during the summer around the lake in the wooded area. They are probably about an inch long with its legs extended in front of it as in the photo. They look like broken pieces of twigs unless you stop to really observe them.

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Reply: This is a long jawed orb weaver - glen

28 February, 2011:
Hello! I,m an amateur photographer and the owner of blog http://pk-photography.blogspot.com , where I post my pictures with brief description. Here are some pictures of spiders. Any help in identification will be highly appreciated. The pictures are taken in Pakistan. Regards Muhammad Quresh

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4 October, 2009:
Hi Glen: I came across your web site while trying to id a spider that was in my driveway today. The spider was unusual in a couple of ways (it was green and I seldom see green spiders in Michigan). The other really unusual thing was that it was walking through the snow. It was only 20 degrees farenheit so this seemed really unusual. I have attached a couple of pictures. I have even higher resolution versions if it would help. Thanks, Kevin F.

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4 October, 2009:
Hello, I saw your website. loved it. I'm on vacation and got these photos. Can you identify them for me. Don't see them on your site. Thanks. ( I'm just learning) Jan

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29 June, 2008:
Hi Glen, This is the last e-mail containing pics of what I think is a Long Jawed Orb Weaver. --Damy

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Reply: This is one of the Venusta Orchard Weaver varieties of Tetragnathidae

5 June, 2008:
I came across 3 spiders like this on wile camping in Michigan. They were hanging out on my tent. Can you identify this spider?

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6 June, 2008:
Hi Glen, Just going through some of my old photos and remembered I had some pics of a spider that I wasnt familiar with. This was at our old house at Penrith NSW, Australia. Cheers BJ