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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) » fimbriatus group (Dolomedes fimbriatus group) » Whitebanded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)
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Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus
Copyright © 2008 Scootty83

Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus
Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: Body: 3cm. Leg span 7.5cm

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Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus Is this a Fisher Spider, Nursery Spider, or Wolf Spider? - Dolomedes albineus
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Contributed by Scootty83 on 6 July, 2008 - 1:07am
Last updated 28 October, 2014 - 7:34am

Moved
Moved from Fishing Spiders.
… Laura P., 28 October, 2014 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

dolomedes
its a fishing spider
… black widow, 8 July, 2009 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

cool
looks like a fishing sider, which is in the same family as Nursery web spiders. I love spiders but I don't think I'd trust that baby on my hand.....wow!
… gerard, 12 October, 2008 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
its not on my hand... I'm not
its not on my hand... I'm not that crazy! lol... Its in a clear plastic critter cage... you can see the top of it on the left of the pic and the bottom corner of it near the lower left side.... my hand was there to show how big it was. but it kinda does look like i'm holding it! lol
… Scootty83, 12 October, 2008 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

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