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Tetragnatha montana
| Tetragnatha montana | |
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| Female in defensive pose | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Tetragnatha |
| Species: | T. montana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetragnatha montana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tetragnatha montana, commonly known as the silver stretch spider,[2] is a species of long-jawed orb weaver from the family Tetragnathidae that has a Palearctic distribution. It preys mostly on flies and mosquitoes. The name silver stretch spider refers to its shiny metallic colour and its habit of extending its legs into a stick like shape.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
WSC_s36878was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Yoward, Paul J.; Oxford, Geoff S. (2014). "Evolutionary Implications of Sperm Competition in the Silver Stretch Spider, Tetragnatha montana Simon (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)". Arachnology. 16 (5): 175–182. doi:10.13156/arac.2012.16.5.175. S2CID 85057959.
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