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Long-jawed orb weaver

Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850

Status not recordedspiders

The long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha laboriosa) is a species in the family Tetragnathidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and Chile.

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Quick facts about the long-jawed orb weaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the long-jawed orb weaver live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The long-jawed orb weaver is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaChile
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. Chile

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the long-jawed orb weaver endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the long-jawed orb weaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyTetragnathidae
  6. genusTetragnatha
  7. SpeciesTetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850

Synonyms Tetragnatha alba, Tetragnatha bidens, Tetragnatha bidentata, Tetragnatha insulata, Tetragnatha numa

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Silver long-jawed orbweaverEnglish
  • Silver longjawed orbweaverEnglish
  • Araña plateada de queliceros alargadosSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the long-jawed orb weaver

Other species in the same genus Tetragnatha.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the long-jawed orb weaver live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-jawed orb weaver for 2 countries: Canada and Chile. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the long-jawed orb weaver?

The long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha laboriosa) belongs to the family Tetragnathidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha laboriosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-jawed-orb-weaver

MLA

“Long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha laboriosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-jawed-orb-weaver.

BibTeX
@misc{long_jawed_orb_weaver_2026,
  title = {Long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha laboriosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-jawed-orb-weaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}