Tetragnatha laboriosa

Tetragnatha laboriosa, the silver longjawed orbweaver, is a species of long-jawed orb weaver in the spider family Tetragnathidae. It is found in North and Central America.^[1][2][3][4] T. laboriosa goes through nine instars, including its adult stage. The spiders are predominantly crepuscular, with nocturnal mating habits.^[5]

Silver longjawed orbweaver, Tetragnatha laboriosa

Silver longjawed orbweaver, Tetragnatha laboriosa

Pair of silverr long-jawed orb weaver spiders interacting, laying silk and lose the cranefly they were consuming to ants.

Tetragnatha laboriosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Tetragnatha
Species:	T. laboriosa
Binomial name
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850