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Six-Spotted Fishing Spider

Dolomedes triton

Photo by TammiElisa
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Field Notes

Description:

A brown spider about 3 inches diameter. I saw it sitting on the surface of the water.

Habitat:

Wetlands.

Reference Links:

Six-spotted fishing spider

Species ID Suggestions

Fishing spider

Dolomedes triton
courtneyhitson
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Comments (5)
TammiElisa
Well that makes sense. It was standing right about where there were a bunch of little fish. Thanks.
Ashish
Yes... you got it... Monkey and Nana...!!
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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