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Description of Tetragnatha dearmata
Physical Characteristics
Female 8 to 10 mm.
Abdomen with an elongated, white outlined yellowish or pinkish brown leaf-shaped figure and grey brown sides.
Carapace yellowish brown with dark radial stripes, a dark median band which at the front becomes broad up to the eye area and a dark band along the edge. This dark pattern is often very faint.
Sternum dark brown with a thin dark outline.
Legs and palps yellow-brown with dark spots at the base of the spines.
Male 6 to 7.5 mm.
Markings and colours almost identical to the female.
Habitat
In bushes near water.
Distribution
Common in the whole of Europe, but rare.
Period
Summer.