Water Orb Weavers

Leucauge decorata

Chinese common name: 肖蛛

English common name: Water orb Weavers

Chinese scientific name: 尖尾銀鱗蛛

English scientific name: Leucauge decorata

Family name: Tetragnathidae

Size: 7-12mm

Natural habitat: Railings, streams

Shape of web: Levelled or slightly inclined circular nets

Colour: Mainly brown or white

Fact:

• The abdomen is usually flat and long

• They will straighten their first two pairs of legs and pretend and branches when resting

• They have two parallel pairs of eyes, while the upper middle eyes are larger