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Dark Fishing Spider

Dolomedes tenebrosus

Photo by bowhunter187
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Field Notes

Description:

inch long body with a 3 inch leg spred they sit on the edge of the water wating for a fish to get close then they will gab it and eat it

Habitat:

ponds and swamps

Species ID Suggestions

Dark fishing spider

Dolomedes tenebrosus

Comments (3)

It looks similar to one I saw today. It's definitely not D. scriptus or D. albineus, but it's in Dolomedes.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2011

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