Elongate Stilt Spider

Tetragnatha elongata · Order: Araneae · Family: Tetragnathidae

Also called: the elongate stilt spider, longjawed orb weavers

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Elongate Stilt Spider
Photo: Michael, Antoni and Nihat Hinczewski, CC BY

The elongate stilt spider belongs to the family Tetragnathidae. It is commonly found across North and Central America, including islands such as Cuba and Jamaica.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Tetragnatha elongata is a member of the spider family Tetragnathidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This spider is typically encountered in North and Central America, as well as on Cuba and Jamaica.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range includes North and Central America, including the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Jamaica.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 42 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Ohio, Texas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Elongate Stilt Spider photo 2
Photo: Nick Chirico, CC BY
Elongate Stilt Spider photo 3
Photo: Douglas Hooper, CC BY
Elongate Stilt Spider photo 4
Photo: Nick Chirico, CC BY
Elongate Stilt Spider photo 5
Photo: Dexter Hartsfield, CC BY

Same family (Tetragnathidae)

Orchard OrbweaverOrchard OrbweaverLeucauge venustaMabel Orchard OrbweaverMabel Orchard OrbweaverLeucauge argyrobaptaGreater LeucaugeGreater LeucaugeLeucauge argyraSilver Orb SpiderSilver Orb SpiderLeucauge dromedariaSilver Long-jawed OrbweaverSilver Long-jawed OrbweaverTetragnatha laboriosaBlack-striped Orchard SpiderBlack-striped Orchard SpiderLeucauge celebesiana

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragnatha_elongata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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