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Stretch spider

Tetragnatha extensa
Long-jawed orb weavers (Tetragnathidae)

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Long stretched colourful spider with a green-yellowish rear, on its back a dark leaf-like marking and a black line on its belly. The head and legs are brown and the front legs are considerably shorter. The ♂ has large pincers on its head.

The web is made close to or even over water with a central hole. When threatened it stretches itself on on a leaf or stem.

⇔ l. 7-12 mm

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