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