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Camoqueen96 Panama City, FL Dec 22, 2015

Found by my canal in north Florida anyone know what it is

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Dec 22, 2015

It's a long-jawed orb weaver (family Tetragnathidae) - http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Tetragnatha_sp.
These spiders often build their webs over small bodies of water, and prey on insects that either are emerging from the water or that are attracted to the water.

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