Shadow stretch spider
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Status not recordedspiders
The shadow stretch spider (Tetragnatha montana) is a species in the family Tetragnathidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.3 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the shadow stretch spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 6 mm – 1.3 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, grassland, human_modified, wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the shadow stretch spider?
Where does the shadow stretch spider live?
Not recorded
Is the shadow stretch spider 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 shadow stretch spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyTetragnathidae
- genusTetragnatha
- SpeciesTetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Synonyms Tetragnatha extensa deserticola, Tetragnatha extensa montana, Tetragnatha extensa subsp. solandri, Tetragnatha solandri, Tetragnatha solandri
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- Silver stretch spiderEnglish
- čelistnatka perleťováCzech
- SkovstavedderkopDanish
- BergstreckerspinneGerman
- Große StreckerspinneGerman
- Wellenbindige StreckerspinneGerman
- etelänsauvakkiFinnish
- hegyi állaspókHungarian
- Kalninis storažandisLithuanian
- fjellkjeveedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
- SchaduwstrekspinDutch
- Kwadratnik długonogiPolish
- Тетрагната горнаяRussian
- čeľustnatka perleťováSlovak
- gyllensträckspindelSwedish
Relatives of the shadow stretch spider
Other species in the same genus Tetragnatha.
Common stretch spider
Tetragnatha extensa
Blunt stretch spider
Tetragnatha obtusa
Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha elongata
Long-jawed orb weaver
Tetragnatha laboriosa
Versicolor long-jawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha versicolor
Green long-jawed orbweaver
Tetragnatha viridis
CompareShadow stretch spider vs Common stretch spiderShadow stretch spider vs Blunt stretch spiderShadow stretch spider vs Elongate stilt spiderShadow stretch spider vs Long-jawed orb weaver
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the shadow stretch spider?
An adult shadow stretch spider measures 6 mm – 1.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the shadow stretch spider?
The shadow stretch spider (Tetragnatha montana) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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