Leucauge granulata

Leucauge granulata is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders (family Tetragnathidae). It is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, the Sunda Islands (Indonesia), Australia, and French Polynesia.^[1] Leucauge granulata marginata is known to inhabit New Guinea. Leucauge granulata rimitara in French Polynesia.

Leucauge granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Leucauge
Species:	L. granulata
Binomial name
Leucauge granulata (Walckenaer, 1842)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Tetragnatha granulata Walckenaer, 1841 Epeira orichalcea Doleschall, 1857 Meta tuberculata Keyserling, 1865 Tetragnatha argentata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 Meta orichalcea (Doleschall, 1857) Meta granulata (Walckenaer, 1841) Argyroepeira granulata (Walckenaer, 1841) Leucauge argentata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) Leucauge granulata (Walckenaer, 1841) Leucauge bengalensis Gravely, 1921 Leucauge tuberculata (Keyserling, 1865)

A medium-sized spider, with a leg span around 45 mm long (female). Male to 15 mm. The humped shaped abdomen is silver, the head silver green with black. Legs are thin, brown to light green. The web is horizontal or slightly inclined, the spider rests upside down under the web, waiting for prey.^[2] Fangs oppose, and work in a pinching manner.^[3]