Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) is a animal in the Tetragnathidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869)

Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869)

Metellina mengei is a small species similar to M. segmentata, distinguishable only by its genital features.

Genus
Metellina
Order
Araneae
Class
Arachnida

About Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869)

Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) is extremely similar in appearance to Metellina segmentata. The two species can only be distinguished from one another by comparing their genital features. This species reaches an approximate length of 5 mm. Adults of Metellina mengei occur from May through July.

Photo: (c) Dmitry Gavryushin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dmitry Gavryushin · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Tetragnathidae Metellina

More from Tetragnathidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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