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Tetragnatha nigrita · tamsusis storažandis

  • Dark stretch-spider
  • Dunkle Streckerspinne
  • tamsusis storažandis
  • kwadratnik ciemny
  • sotsträckspindel

It is widespread in western and central Europe as far north as Sweden. The orb webs of this species are most commonly found on trees and shrubs but it will also build them in the vegetation of the field layer. Although most often found near water, this spider can also be found in drier situations. Adults of both sexes are found from early to mid-summer, occasionally into August.

Prosoma dark brown to almost black. Chelicerae dark brown, basally with distinct tubercle. Legs dark brown. Opisthosoma dark brown to almost black, vague folium laterally flanked with silver-white, medially also with silver spots. Body length male: 6-8 mm; female: 7-11 mm.

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