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title: "Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider"
description: "Meta ovalis — Insetti e ragni. Meta ovalis, otherwise known as the cave orbweaver, is a species of long-jawed orb weaver in the spider family Tetragnathidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-cave-long-jawed-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider

> Meta ovalis — Insetti e ragni. Meta ovalis, otherwise known as the cave orbweaver, is a species of long-jawed orb weaver in the spider family Tetragnathidae.

- Scientific name: *Meta ovalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1965
- Wikidata: [Q2961721](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2961721)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153771](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153771)

## Names

- en: Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider
- fr: Araignée des grottes

## Countries with the most observations

US (1045), CA (430)

## Summary

Meta ovalis, otherwise known as the cave orbweaver, is a species of long-jawed orb weaver in the spider family Tetragnathidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.

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

## Photo

![Eastern Cave Long-jawed Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-cave-long-jawed-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilderbombyx · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264749105

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-cave-long-jawed-spider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).