Skip to content

Arachnids › Long-jawed Orbweavers

Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver

Tetragnatha laboriosa

6,066 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) havocpigeon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 20, February 19, March 30, April 63, May 126, June 102, July 73, August 66, September 47, October 34, November 21, December 19.
Canada2,561
United States2,159
Alberta619
Alaska609
Ontario462
Nunavut363
British Columbia340
Colorado338
Quebec220
Texas206

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.