Thursday 23 September 2010

Large Jawed Orb Web Spiders - Tetragnatha sp.

    Family - Tetragnathidae
    Genus - Tetragnatha
    Eight European species.
    Distinct elongate appearance. Tetragnatha means 'four-jawed'.
    These Spiders spin an Orb Web often near or over water.
    If disturbed they leave their web and stretch out on blades of
    grass or stems. The large Chelicerae are locked together when mating.



    Pevensey Marshes
    Sussex Wildlife Nature Reserve
    East Sussex
    20.08.2011
    Next to my pond
    Back garden
    Brighton
    02.06.2011
   
    Tetragnatha montana (?)
    Living on the reeds in my pond
    Brighton
    30/07/10
    Juvenile Tetragnatha sp.
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    18.02.2011
    Living on a Raspberry bush next to my pond
    Back Garden, Brighton
    10.07.2011

1 comment:

  1. I found one of these at plassy woods (Newcastle upon tyne) today. lovley spider

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