Orchard Spider

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The Orchard Spider is a small orb weaving spider in the family Tetragnathidae, the longjawed orbweavers.

The name is self-explanatory, and the species ranges throughout the East Coast and Mid-west.

The green legs and colorful abdomen with dark borders makes it a fairly easy spider to identify.

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