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Six-spotted Fishing Spider

Dolomedes triton

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A large spider that is mostly tan.

Habitat:

Found walking(?) across the water in a swamp.

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Six-spotted fishing spider

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Comments (2)
AshleyT
Oh geez, I'm not sure? I wasn't really watching the spider, just saw him while I was photographing other things and took his photo real quick then moved on
Fyn Kynd
Did it have six white spots on the abdomen?

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PublishedMay 23, 2013

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