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Common Stretch Spider

Tetragnatha extensa

11,195 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 423, February 312, March 489, April 769, May 1,109, June 1,210, July 1,295, August 1,113, September 817, October 610, November 333, December 261.
United States8,870
Alaska8,742
Canada1,199
Nunavut373
Manitoba289
British Columbia157
Alberta106
Germany93
United Kingdom81
England75

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyLong-jawed Orbweavers · Tetragnathidae
GenusStretch Spiders · Tetragnatha

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