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title: "Elongate Stilt Spider"
description: "Tetragnatha elongata — Insects & spiders. Tetragnatha elongata, the elongate stilt spider, is a spider in the family Tetragnathidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/elongate-stilt-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elongate Stilt Spider

> Tetragnatha elongata — Insects & spiders. Tetragnatha elongata, the elongate stilt spider, is a spider in the family Tetragnathidae.

- Scientific name: *Tetragnatha elongata*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5515
- Wikidata: [Q4122094](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4122094)
- iNaturalist taxon: [60070](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60070)

## Names

- en: Elongate Stilt Spider
- es: Araña de Zancos Alargados
- fr: Araignée tige de rivage

## Countries with the most observations

US (287), CA (24), MX (18)

## Summary

Tetragnatha elongata, the elongate stilt spider, is a spider in the family Tetragnathidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragnatha_elongata

## Photo

![Elongate Stilt Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/elongate-stilt-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Trevor Clarke · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/370233928

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/elongate-stilt-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).