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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae) » Fishing Spiders (Dolomedes) » tenebrosus group (Dolomedes tenebrosus group)
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Which Dolomedes? - Dolomedes
Copyright © 2016 Michael Hughes

Which Dolomedes? - Dolomedes
Lakeland, Florida, USA
November 24, 2012
Am I on the right track to assume this is Dolomedes? If so, which species? Thanks for your help!
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Contributed by Michael Hughes on 19 June, 2016 - 9:38pm
Last updated 18 November, 2020 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Nursery Web Spiders.

Normally, that light area in the middle of the clypeus (the area below the eyes) would indicate D. tenebrosus, but since you're in Florida, the extremely similar D. okifenokensis is also a possibility.
… chuuuuung, 18 November, 2020 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 23 August, 2016 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. Yes that looks right. Do you have a more dorsal shot?
… Lynette Elliott, 20 June, 2016 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Unfortunately I do not. This photo is more than 3 years old - before I knew anything about spiders. At this point I'm thinking tenebrosus?
… Michael Hughes, 20 June, 2016 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
That would be
My guess as well. Just not sure we can rule out scriptus
… Lynette Elliott, 21 June, 2016 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
To my eyes, the abdominal pattern
(as best as I can make out from this angle) more closely resembles tenebrosus. I'm not seeing the chevrons characteristic of scriptus - but again, the angle is problematic.
… Michael Hughes, 21 June, 2016 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

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