#4260 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Common Stretch Spider

🇳🇱 Gewone strekspin ·Tetragnatha extensa

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Supii Lake Explore Center · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jeremy Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Iida Österman · CC BY 4.0
5. © Iida Österman · CC BY 4.0
6. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 7779 Holthone, Nederland:© Anneke · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6681 Bemmel, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Ronde Venen, NL-UT, NL:© Koen Groenevelt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. , Friesland, Nederland:© Rainer Breitling · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Tetragnatha extensa is a species of spider found across the Northern Hemisphere. 43 in) long, and adopts a straight line posture when alarmed. It lives on low vegetation in damp areas, and feeds on flying insects which it catches in its web.

base stats

NL sightings 33iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,160iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).