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Stretch Spiders

Tetragnatha

Stretch Spiders are long and skinny spiders that love to hang out near water. They have super stretchy legs that help them catch food and move quickly!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Stretch Spiders has very long, slender bodies and extremely thin legs, often held stretched out. They are typically drab colors like brown, green, or yellow, allowing them to blend seamlessly with vegetation. Their distinctive elongated form sets them apart from most other spiders.

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Stretch Spiders
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Stretch Spiders

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Stretch Spiders often "balloon" through the air on silk threads to new homes.

Some species of Stretch Spiders can even walk on water using surface tension!

Their super long legs make them look like a twig, fooling hungry birds.

They are called "long-jawed orb weavers" because of their prominent mouthparts!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Master

Stretch Spiders can extend their long bodies and legs to mimic twigs or grass stems, helping them hide from predators and prey.

Fähigkeit

Web Weaver Extraordinaire

Stretch Spiders can build delicate, horizontal orb webs near water, which helps them catch flying insects efficiently.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Retreat

Stretch Spiders has incredibly long, flexible legs that allow them to quickly scuttle away or drop from their webs to escape danger.

Maße und Details

Größe
5-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
365-730 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
8

Ernährung und Fütterung

These spiders mostly eat small flying insects they catch in their sticky webs.

Hauptnahrung

  • flies
  • mosquitoes
  • midges
  • moths
  • small beetles

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

Catches flies in its sticky orb web.

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Birds often prey on spiders they find in vegetation.

parasitizes

Dewdrop Spider

Argyrodes trigonum

Steals trapped insects from the Stretch Spider's web.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a spider, it's best to watch from a distance and not touch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Stretch Spiders?

5-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Stretch Spiders?

365-730 Tage

Was frisst Stretch Spiders?

These spiders mostly eat small flying insects they catch in their sticky webs.

Wo findet man Stretch Spiders normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Stretch Spiders?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Stretch Spiders?

8

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