Tetragnatha > Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) > Tetragnatha spp
The Long-jawed Orb Weaver (genus Tetragnatha) are also commonly known as the Long-jawed Spider and the Stretch Spiders. The later name is in 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.
The genus Tetragnatha are found all over the world and at time writing this page (4 October 2024) iNaturalistAU had 306 species listed.
Check out our Fauna section on Spiders | Long-jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Araneoidea
- Family: Tetragnathidae
- Genus: Tetragnatha
- Species:
- at time of writing, currently 306 named species
Footnote & References
- Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Genus Tetragnatha), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47550-Tetragnatha
SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index Araneidae — Orb Weavers Spider sac Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Cosmophasis micarioides Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Euryopis umbilicata (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Helpis minitabunda (Bronze Hopper) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Redback Spider Miturgidae Salticidae Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider
