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Tetragnatha guatemalensis · Order: Araneae · Family: Tetragnathidae
Tetragnatha guatemalensis is found in North and Central America, as well as Cuba and Jamaica. Its native range includes the same regions: North and Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It occurs in North and Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North and Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Texas, Ohio, Florida, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Maine, South Carolina.
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
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Tetragnathidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragnatha_guatemalensis
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.