long-jawed orb weaver

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Figure 9: Eggs of spiders are enclosed in silk sacs. (Bottom) cave orb weaver (Meta menardii) with egg sac suspended from ceiling

long-jawed orb weaver

spider

Also known as: Tetragnathidae

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Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers) 1,000 species worldwide. Males with long chelicerae; epigynum often secondarily lost. Family Pholcidae (daddy longlegs spiders) About 960 species worldwide. Similar to the nonspiders called daddy longlegs of the order Opiliones.
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Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers) 1,000 species worldwide. Males with long chelicerae; epigynum often secondarily lost. Family Pholcidae (daddy longlegs spiders) About 960 species worldwide. Similar to the nonspiders called daddy longlegs of the order Opiliones.
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