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15-12-2009, 03:57 PM
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| | | Tetragnathidae
There are still a few spiders around, i found this stretch spider today  ...  |
16-12-2009, 09:56 AM
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| | | Re: Tetragnathidae
I've observed many, many spiders from this family but until this posting I'd never come across the beautifully descriptive term "stretch spider".
Thanks Gordon.
Nicely detailed pic by the way
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16-12-2009, 10:30 AM
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Hi Bruce, i am presuming this is one oft he common names for this type of spider, due to there habit of stretching themselves out as per the picture ... |
16-12-2009, 04:38 PM
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It's a good descriptive name for the family though the generally accepted 'common' name for the Tetragnathidae is Long-jawed Orb Weavers.
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This is one of the reasons the experts like the Latin names ... | | |
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