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Six-spotted Fishing Spider

Dolomedes triton

Photo by Ty Vod
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Six-spotted Fishing Spider on an American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

Habitat:

The spider encases its body in an air bubble in order to submerge itself, often for several minutes. The bullfrog loves to eat these spiders.

Notes:

See one hunt!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUnRRep5YQ

Reference Links:

Six-spotted fishing spider

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Comments (11)
Liana
Congratulations on a wonderful SOTW Ty Vod!!!
arlanda
Congratulations Ty Vod! Beautiful spotting!
DanielePralong
Congratulations Ty Vod, and again welcome to Project Noah!
AshleyT
Congrats Ty, this awesome series has been chosen as our ranger-selected Spotting of the Week! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156245097230603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/666107206249668609
AshleyT
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
AntónioGinjaGinja
Welcome to Project Noah Ty Vod Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself,see you arround :)

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PublishedNovember 10, 2015

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