Long-jawed spider

Fact Box Species: Tetragnatha demissa (RM) Family: Tetragnathidae Body length: female: 15 mm male: 11 mm Habitat: This species typically builds a small roughly circular web in green shrubs, especially near water courses, but may also be found lying along dead twigs or strands of fencing wire with comparatively little webbing present Toxicity: Uncertain; the fangs may be too small to cause a significant human envenomation despite the fearsome appearance of the palps

An active female An active male In its web

These spiders have very long, slender legs that are often arranged fore and aft along wires or branches when the spiders are resting. The palps are unusually large and often have bizarre shapes.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Tetragnatha margaritata and Tetragnatha rubriventris.