Squid Spider in Sumatra

Actually, this is a common long-jawed orbweb spider (Tetragnatha extensa, Linnaeus, 1758), but I prefer to call it a squid spider. Why is that? Let's see when the spider straightens all its legs. Doesn't it look to resemble a squid?

I've seen this spider species in the grass several times, but I'm not interested in taking photographs of something like that. I suddenly felt compelled to catch it a few days ago. This was due to the fact that, upon closer observation, this was the coolest spider I'd been ignoring.

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It has wide, translucent jaws, and the golden pattern on its elongated abdomen is beautiful. Isn't it a stunning and artistic thing?

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All of the images here are my own work, taken with a Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.



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