Tetragnathidae – Long-Jawed Orb Weavers Archives

Overview of Spider Species in the United States

Leucauge venusta – Orchard Spider

By usaspidersPosted on December 13, 2019February 5, 2021Posted in Aranidae - Orb Weaver, Tetragnathidae – Long-Jawed Orb WeaversTagged Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hairy:No, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, LegLength:Long, LegPattern:Banded, LegPattern:Uniform, Louisiana, maine, Maryland, massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, new hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, P:Green, P:White, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, S:Black, S:Green, S:Orange, S:Yellow, Small, South Carolina, Spinnerets:No, Tennessee, Texas, vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin47 Comments

Leucauge venusta, commonly called orchard spider is an orb weaver spider that can be found in the Eastern US states, Canada and Central America. Unlike many other orb weavers, the orchard spider is a very colorful spider. Orchard spider description The abdomen is elongated and is silvery or white with colored markings. Those markings can […]

Pachygnatha

By usaspidersPosted on December 13, 2019February 5, 2021Posted in Aranidae - Orb Weaver, Tetragnathidae – Long-Jawed Orb WeaversTagged all, Hairy:No, LegLength:Medium, LegPattern:Uniform, Medium, P:Brown, S:Black, S:Red, S:White, Small, Spinnerets:No5 Comments

The Pachygnatha is technically part of the Orb Weaver family. However, it does not spin a web and is a wandering hunter in the likes of the Wolf Spider. I cannot help but to think of this as the oxymoron of the spider world. Pachygnatha Description The spiders of the pachygnatha genus have a very […]