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fishing spider

Nilus sp

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

about 10cm legtip to legtip, white legs, brown abdomen, found on water

Habitat:

montane rainforest, small stream

Notes:

I spotted this huge water spider at night near our camp in montane rainforest near Pensiangan.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
ChunXingWong
That's right, I have removed my suggestion because there are confirmed more than one species of Nilus spider in Borneo. Other species of this genus are still unidentified.
Dan Doucette
Thanks Chun. I've updated it just to the genus. I remembered when we talked, that is may be a different species because of the white legs.
ChunXingWong
Oh, by the way, according to my new guide book, this spider is moved to the Nilus genus.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
International Spider Survey
Mission
Arthropods Below The Wind - Sabah
Mission
Mission WILD
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedMarch 27, 2014

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