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Stretch Spiders
Tetragnatha
Tetragnatha is a genus of spiders containing hundreds of species. They are found all over the world, although most occur in the tropics and subtropics. They are commonly called stretch spiders, referring to their elongated body form. When disturbed they will stretch their front legs forward and the others in the other direction, thus being able to hide on blades of grass or similar elongated substrates. They are able to run over water.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Stretch Spider
speciesTetragnatha extensa
Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver
speciesTetragnatha laboriosa
Elongate Stilt Spider
speciesTetragnatha elongata
Versicolor Long-jawed Orbweaver
speciesTetragnatha versicolor
Silver Stretch Spider
speciesTetragnatha montana
Green Long-jawed Orbweaver
speciesTetragnatha viridis
Blunt Stretch Spider
speciesTetragnatha obtusa
Tetragnatha squamata
speciesTetragnatha squamata
Tetragnatha nigrita
speciesTetragnatha nigrita
Tetragnatha hasselti
speciesTetragnatha hasselti
Tetragnatha intermedia
speciesTetragnatha intermedia
Tetragnatha nitens
speciesTetragnatha nitens
Tetragnatha quasimodo
speciesTetragnatha quasimodo
Tetragnatha striata
speciesTetragnatha striata
Tetragnatha praedonia
speciesTetragnatha praedonia
Tetragnatha pinicola
speciesTetragnatha pinicola
Tetragnatha rubriventris
speciesTetragnatha rubriventris
Tetragnatha viridorufa
speciesTetragnatha viridorufa
Tetragnatha dearmata
speciesTetragnatha dearmata
Tetragnatha ceylonica
speciesTetragnatha ceylonica
Spike Orb Spider
speciesTetragnatha mandibulata
Tetragnatha guatemalensis
speciesTetragnatha guatemalensis
Crouching Long-jawed Spider
speciesTetragnatha demissa
Tetragnatha javana
speciesTetragnatha javana
Tetragnatha kauaiensis
speciesTetragnatha kauaiensis
Tetragnatha subsquamata
speciesTetragnatha subsquamata
Tetragnatha shoshone
speciesTetragnatha shoshone
Tetragnatha straminea
speciesTetragnatha straminea
Tetragnatha hawaiensis
speciesTetragnatha hawaiensis
Tetragnatha keyserlingi
speciesTetragnatha keyserlingi
Tetragnatha bogotensis
speciesTetragnatha bogotensis
Tetragnatha yesoensis
speciesTetragnatha yesoensis
tailed long-jawed orbweaver
speciesTetragnatha caudata
Tetragnatha acuta
speciesTetragnatha acuta
Tetragnatha pilosa
speciesTetragnatha pilosa
Tetragnatha eurychasma
speciesTetragnatha eurychasma
Tetragnatha brevignatha
speciesTetragnatha brevignatha
Tetragnatha filiciphilia
speciesTetragnatha filiciphilia
Tetragnatha bituberculata
speciesTetragnatha bituberculata
Tetragnatha trituberculata
speciesTetragnatha trituberculata
Tetragnatha anuenue
speciesTetragnatha anuenue
Tetragnatha stelarobusta
speciesTetragnatha stelarobusta
Tetragnatha chauliodus
speciesTetragnatha chauliodus
Tetragnatha perkinsi
speciesTetragnatha perkinsi
Tetragnatha restricta
speciesTetragnatha restricta
Tetragnatha caudicula
speciesTetragnatha caudicula
Tetragnatha reimoseri
speciesTetragnatha reimoseri
Tetragnatha tantalus
speciesTetragnatha tantalus
Tetragnatha geniculata
speciesTetragnatha geniculata
Tetragnatha valida
speciesTetragnatha valida
Tetragnatha cochinensis
speciesTetragnatha cochinensis
Tetragnatha vermiformis
speciesTetragnatha vermiformis
Tetragnatha kamakou
speciesTetragnatha kamakou
Tetragnatha isidis
speciesTetragnatha isidis
Tetragnatha jaculator
speciesTetragnatha jaculator
Tetragnatha paludicola
speciesTetragnatha paludicola
Tetragnatha pallescens
speciesTetragnatha pallescens
Tetragnatha serra
speciesTetragnatha serra
Tetragnatha cladognatha
speciesTetragnatha cladognatha
Tetragnatha mexicana
speciesTetragnatha mexicana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47550.