| Latin Name | Observation Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Genus Tetragnatha | Sep 16, 2026 | Natore, Bangladesh |
My daily hobby is to capture the lives of small creatures hiding in nature. While walking, I suddenly saw a strangely long spider. I don't have an expensive DSLR or dedicated macro lens; so I took out my smartphone from my pocket and took a few macro shots of this wonderful spider blending in with the leaves. The spider's body is quite long. It can hide well on grass or leaves by stretching its front legs forward and its hind legs backward. Due to this strange ability to keep its legs extended, they are usually called 'stretch spiders' or long-jawed spiders.
Scientific name:
In the scientific world, the common scientific name of these spiders is Tetragnatha. Several species of them are found in different parts of Asia, including our Bangladesh.
Family and Genus:
According to the scientific classification of biology, they are animals of the Arachnida class of the Arthropoda order of the animal kingdom. They are mainly members of the Tetragnathidae family. In the scientific world, their genus or genus name is Tetragnatha.
Habitat and habitat:
In terms of geographical distribution, they are found almost all over the world. They usually prefer to live in trees and damp environments near ponds, lakes or water bodies. During rest, they blend their bodies with the leaves or branches of trees and straighten their long legs, creating an extraordinary camouflage.
Food:
Like other spiders, they are predatory in nature. They usually weave horizontal webs and hunt other flying insects, including mosquitoes, flies, and other insects trapped in the webs to meet their food needs.
Reproduction:
Their reproduction process is similar to that of other common spiders. After the reproduction process, the female spider lays eggs and the eggs hatch into small baby spiders, which later learn to weave their own webs on the plants along the water bodies.
Benefits:
They play a great role in maintaining the balance of the environment. By hunting and eating small flying insects that are harmful to nature, they help to keep the environment clean naturally and benefit agricultural land.
Disadvantages:
They do not have any direct harmful effects on humans or plants. They are completely harmless animals and do not cause any harm to nature, but on the contrary, they benefit us by eating harmful insects.
I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.
(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)
| Camera Used | Samsung SM-G973F |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | F2.4 |
| ISO speed | ISO |
| Focal length | 26mm |
| Flash | No |
| Editing app | Lightroom |
| Photography | (Genus Tetragnatha*) |
| Photographer |  @mshbd |
| Location | Natore, Bangladesh |
| Link to original community |
|---|
| https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401150170 |
| Latitude | Longitude | Map Link |
|---|---|---|
| 24.3354 | 89.1158 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3354/89.1158 |