Leucauge celebesiana
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| taxon = Leucauge celebesiana
| authority = (Walckenaer, 1842)
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Tetragnatha celebesiana
Epeira nigro-trivittata
Meta celebesiana
Argyroepeira nigrotrivittata
Argyroepeira celebesiana
Leucauge nigrotrivittata
Leucauge retracta
Leucauge veterascens
Leucauge tuberculata
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Leucauge celebesiana, commonly called the black-striped orchard spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Tetragnathidae. It is found from India to China, Japan, Sulawesi and New Guinea.
Like many of its congeners, this is a colourful and distinctive spider. It has a body length (excluding legs) of {{cvt|13|mm}}. The abdomen is white with yellow-green sides with black stripes separating the white from the coloured flanks. Another black stripe runs right down the middle. This species constructs a web inclined at 45° and several individuals often build these webs close together.
Leucauge subblanda is a similar spider found in Japan.
References
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- {{cite book |title= Spiders: Compact Study Guide and Identifier|last= Preston-Mafham|first= Ken|year= 1998|publisher= Angus Books|isbn= 978-1-904594-93-2}}
- {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2009): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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Category:Spiders described in 1842
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