Long-jawed orb weaver

Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866.

[1] They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat.

Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.

[2] As of March 2021[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following extant genera:[3] Several extinct, fossil genera have been described:[4] A few spiders in this family include:

Mating behaviour of Tetragnatha montana
Pair of silver long-jawed orb weaver spiders interacting, laying silk and losing the cranefly they were consuming to ants .