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Fishing Spider

Dolomedes tenebrosus

Photo by Kyle A
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The body was about 1/2 inch long.

Habitat:

Spotted on the door frame of an outdoor pool filter house.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Thank you for the kind words merrypoppins77. It was pretty big. Including the legs it was about 2.25 across. I told my workmate it was probably a fishing or jumping spider. He moved about 5 feet away and shouted "spiders can jump!" Lol
Now that's a big spider!! :-P And awesome photos!

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