Tetragnatha > Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) > Tetragnatha spp
The genus Tetragnatha are found all over the world and at time writing this page (4 October 2024) iNaturalistAU had 306 species listed.
Commonly known as the Long-jawed Orb Weaver, Long-jawed Spider and the Stretch Spiders (genus Tetragnatha), their common names makes reference to their elongated body form and their ability to hide along blades of grass, stems and twigs, by stretching their front legs forward and the others behind them.
This genus of spiders are usually found near water, with many species being able to run quickly across the water surface. The photos presented here were taken overlooking a fish pond in Alice Springs in Central Australia.
The following photograph of the Long-jawed Orb Weaver is about 7-8 mm in body length, whilst in the series of photos following, the spider is only about 3-4 mm in body length.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Araneoidea
- Family: Tetragnathidae
- Genus: Tetragnatha
- Species:
- Tetragnatha acuta
- Tetragnatha aenea
- Tetragnatha aetherea
- Tetragnatha albida
- Tetragnatha amoena
- Tetragnatha anamitica
- Tetragnatha andamanensis
- Tetragnatha andonea
- Tetragnatha angolaensis
- Tetragnatha anguilla
- Tetragnatha angulata
- Tetragnatha anuenue
- Tetragnatha argentinensis
- Tetragnatha armata
- Tetragnatha atriceps
- Tetragnatha atristernis
- Tetragnatha baculiferens
- Tetragnatha bandapula
- Tetragnatha beccarii
- Tetragnatha bengalensis
- Tetragnatha bicolor
- Tetragnatha biseriata
- Tetragnatha bituberculata
- Tetragnatha boeleni
- Tetragnatha bogotensis
- Tetragnatha boninensis
- Tetragnatha brachychelis
- Tetragnatha branda
- Tetragnatha brevignatha
- Tetragnatha bryantae
- Tetragnatha caffra
- Tetragnatha cambridgei
- Tetragnatha caudata
- Tetragnatha caudicula
- Tetragnatha caudifera
- Tetragnatha cavaleriei
- Tetragnatha cephalothoracis
- Tetragnatha ceylonica
- Tetragnatha chamberlini
- Tetragnatha chauliodus
- Tetragnatha cheni
- Tetragnatha chinensis
- Tetragnatha chiyokoae
- Tetragnatha chrysochlora
- Tetragnatha cladognatha
- Tetragnatha clavigera
- Tetragnatha cochinensis
- Tetragnatha coelestis
- Tetragnatha cognata
- Tetragnatha conica
- Tetragnatha crassichelata
- Tetragnatha cuneiventris
- Tetragnatha cylindracea
- Tetragnatha cylindrica
- Tetragnatha cylindriformis
- Tetragnatha dearmata
- Tetragnatha delumbis
- Tetragnatha demissa
- Tetragnatha dentatidens
- Tetragnatha desaguni
- Tetragnatha determinata
- Tetragnatha digitata
- Tetragnatha earmra
- Tetragnatha eberhardi
- Tetragnatha elongata
- Tetragnatha elyunquensis
- Tetragnatha esakii
- Tetragnatha eumorpha
- Tetragnatha eurychasma
- Tetragnatha exigua
- Tetragnatha exquista
- Tetragnatha extensa
- Tetragnatha fallax
- Tetragnatha farri
- Tetragnatha filiciphilia
- Tetragnatha filipes
- Tetragnatha filum
- Tetragnatha flagellans
- Tetragnatha flava
- Tetragnatha flavida
- Tetragnatha fletcheri
- Tetragnatha foai
- Tetragnatha foliferens
- Tetragnatha foveata
- Tetragnatha fragilis
- Tetragnatha franganilloi
- Tetragnatha friedericii
- Tetragnatha gemmata
- Tetragnatha geniculata
- Tetragnatha gertschi
- Tetragnatha gibbula
- Tetragnatha gongshan
- Tetragnatha gracillima
- Tetragnatha granti
- Tetragnatha gressitti
- Tetragnatha gressittorum
- Tetragnatha guatemalensis
- Tetragnatha gui
- Tetragnatha hamata
- Tetragnatha hasselti
- Tetragnatha hastula
- Tetragnatha hawaiensis
- Tetragnatha heongi
- Tetragnatha hirashimai
- Tetragnatha hiroshii
- Tetragnatha hulli
- Tetragnatha insularis
- Tetragnatha insulicola
- Tetragnatha intermedia
- Tetragnatha iriomotensis
- Tetragnatha irridescens
- Tetragnatha isidis
- Tetragnatha iwahigensis
- Tetragnatha jaculator
- Tetragnatha javana
- Tetragnatha jejuna
- Tetragnatha josephi
- Tetragnatha jubensis
- Tetragnatha kamakou
- Tetragnatha kapua
- Tetragnatha kauaiensis
- Tetragnatha kea
- Tetragnatha keyserlingi
- Tetragnatha khanjahani
- Tetragnatha kikokiko
- Tetragnatha kiwuana
- Tetragnatha klossi
- Tetragnatha kolosvaryi
- Tetragnatha kukuhaa
- Tetragnatha kukuiki
- Tetragnatha laboriosa
- Tetragnatha laminalis
- Tetragnatha lancinans
- Tetragnatha laochenga
- Tetragnatha laqueata
- Tetragnatha latro
- Tetragnatha lauta
- Tetragnatha lea
- Tetragnatha lena
- Tetragnatha lepida
- Tetragnatha levii
- Tetragnatha limu
- Tetragnatha lineatula
- Tetragnatha linyphioides
- Tetragnatha llavaca
- Tetragnatha luculenta
- Tetragnatha luteocincta
- Tetragnatha mabelae
- Tetragnatha macilenta
- Tetragnatha macracantha
- Tetragnatha macrops
- Tetragnatha maculata
- Tetragnatha maeandrata
- Tetragnatha maka
- Tetragnatha makiharai
- Tetragnatha mandibulata
- Tetragnatha maralba
- Tetragnatha margaritata
- Tetragnatha marginata
- Tetragnatha marquesiana
- Tetragnatha martinicensis
- Tetragnatha mawambina
- Tetragnatha megalocera
- Tetragnatha mengsongica
- Tetragnatha mertoni
- Tetragnatha mexicana
- Tetragnatha micrura
- Tetragnatha minitabunda
- Tetragnatha modica
- Tetragnatha mohihi
- Tetragnatha montana
- Tetragnatha monticola
- Tetragnatha moua
- Tetragnatha moulmeinensis
- Tetragnatha multipunctata
- Tetragnatha nana
- Tetragnatha nandan
- Tetragnatha nepaeformis
- Tetragnatha nero
- Tetragnatha netrix
- Tetragnatha nigricans
- Tetragnatha nigrigularis
- Tetragnatha nigrita
- Tetragnatha niokolona
- Tetragnatha nitens
- Tetragnatha nitidiuscula
- Tetragnatha nitidiventris
- Tetragnatha notophilla
- Tetragnatha noumeensis
- Tetragnatha novia
- Tetragnatha nubica
- Tetragnatha obscura
- Tetragnatha obscuriceps
- Tetragnatha obtusa
- Tetragnatha oculata
- Tetragnatha okumae
- Tetragnatha olindana
- Tetragnatha oomua
- Tetragnatha oreobia
- Tetragnatha orizaba
- Tetragnatha oubatchensis
- Tetragnatha palikea
- Tetragnatha pallescens
- Tetragnatha pallida
- Tetragnatha paludicola
- Tetragnatha paludis
- Tetragnatha panopea
- Tetragnatha papuana
- Tetragnatha paradisea
- Tetragnatha paradoxa
- Tetragnatha paraguayensis
- Tetragnatha parvula
- Tetragnatha paschae
- Tetragnatha perkinsi
- Tetragnatha perreirai
- Tetragnatha phaeodactyla
- Tetragnatha pilosa
- Tetragnatha pinicola
- Tetragnatha piscatoria
- Tetragnatha planata
- Tetragnatha plena
- Tetragnatha polychromata
- Tetragnatha praedonia
- Tetragnatha priamus
- Tetragnatha protensa
- Tetragnatha pseudonitens
- Tetragnatha puella
- Tetragnatha pulchella
- Tetragnatha punua
- Tetragnatha quadrinotata
- Tetragnatha quasimodo
- Tetragnatha quechua
- Tetragnatha radiata
- Tetragnatha rava
- Tetragnatha reimoseri
- Tetragnatha renatoi
- Tetragnatha reni
- Tetragnatha restricta
- Tetragnatha retinens
- Tetragnatha rimandoi
- Tetragnatha rimitarae
- Tetragnatha roeweri
- Tetragnatha rossi
- Tetragnatha rouxi
- Tetragnatha rubriventris
- Tetragnatha scopus
- Tetragnatha serra
- Tetragnatha shanghaiensis
- Tetragnatha shinanoensis
- Tetragnatha shoshone
- Tetragnatha sidama
- Tetragnatha signata
- Tetragnatha simintina
- Tetragnatha sinuosa
- Tetragnatha sobrina
- Tetragnatha sociella
- Tetragnatha squamata
- Tetragnatha stelarobusta
- Tetragnatha stellarum
- Tetragnatha stimulifera
- Tetragnatha straminea
- Tetragnatha strandi
- Tetragnatha streichi
- Tetragnatha striata
- Tetragnatha subclavigera
- Tetragnatha subesakii
- Tetragnatha subextensa
- Tetragnatha subsquamata
- Tetragnatha suoan
- Tetragnatha sutherlandi
- Tetragnatha tahuata
- Tetragnatha tanigawai
- Tetragnatha tantalus
- Tetragnatha taylori
- Tetragnatha tenera
- Tetragnatha tenuis
- Tetragnatha tenuissima
- Tetragnatha tincochacae
- Tetragnatha tipula
- Tetragnatha tonkina
- Tetragnatha torrensis
- Tetragnatha trichodes
- Tetragnatha tristani
- Tetragnatha trituberculata
- Tetragnatha tuamoaa
- Tetragnatha tullgreni
- Tetragnatha uluhe
- Tetragnatha uncifera
- Tetragnatha unicornis
- Tetragnatha vacillans
- Tetragnatha valida
- Tetragnatha vermiformis
- Tetragnatha versicolor
- Tetragnatha virescens
- Tetragnatha viridis
- Tetragnatha viridorufa
- Tetragnatha visenda
- Tetragnatha waikamoi
- Tetragnatha yalom
- Tetragnatha yesoensis
- Tetragnatha yinae
- Tetragnatha yongquiang
- Tetragnatha zangherii
- Tetragnatha zhaoi
- Tetragnatha zhaoya
- Tetragnatha zhuzhenrongi
currently listed above are 306 species
Footnote & References
- Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Genus Tetragnatha), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47550-Tetragnatha
Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp)Tetragnatha spp
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