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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) » Dolomedes tenebrosus
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Wierd Spider? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2008 Tom Hills

Wierd Spider? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Eden Prarie, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
June 10, 2008
Size: about an inch maybe?
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Contributed by Tom Hills on 28 June, 2008 - 2:53am
Last updated 17 March, 2021 - 8:59pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Laura P., 17 March, 2021 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Fishing Spiders.
… chuuuuung, 17 March, 2021 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Ken Schneider, 18 March, 2009 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Fishing Spider?
Looks like Dolomedes. A better cropped photo might help.
… Jebus31, 28 June, 2008 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
hmm
Do you know if it is poisonous or will bite? And i heard dolomedes are maybe a bit bigger
… Tom Hills, 28 June, 2008 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Harmless
It will bite if handled roughly, but if you leave it alone it will not bother you.

Their bite is not dangerous.
… Jebus31, 28 June, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
:)
I wasn't planning on touching it, I'm reeeealy scared of spiders
… Tom Hills, 28 June, 2008 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I cropped your image
Jebus is correct with Dolomedes.

Luckily it's just a spider, so there's absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
… Jay Barnes, 28 June, 2008 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

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