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Long-jawed spider
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Fact Box
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Tetragnatha margaritata (RM)
(or a related species)
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female: 14 mm
male: 11 mm
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In a small web in green shrubs, especially those near creek banks, or along wires or twigs
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Probably harmless to humans
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These spiders tend to lie in webs and along wires or twigs with legs extended fore and aft.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Tetragnatha demissa and Tetragnatha rubriventris.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 30 January 2002.
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