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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes  » Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae) » Fishing Spiders (Dolomedes) » Dolomedes tenebrosus

Species Dolomedes tenebrosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes )
Family Pisauridae (Nursery Web Spiders)
Genus Dolomedes (Fishing Spiders)
Species tenebrosus (Dolomedes tenebrosus)
Explanation of Names
Latin: "dark, gloomy"
Size
body length of female 15-26 mm, of male, 7-13 mm
Identification
Brownish to gray with few white marks, dark W-shaped marks on dorsal surface of abdomen.

The main difference between scriptus and tenebrosus is that the 'W' pattern on scriptus is outlined in white all the way across the abdomen. The pattern in tenebrosus is broken.. and it generally has less white.

Dolomedes scriptus


Dolomedes tenebrosus
Range
Eastern North America: southeastern Canada south to Florida, west to North Dakota, Texas.
Habitat
Bushes, rocks, etc., near permanent bodies of water, sometimes in dry woodlands.
Life Cycle
A youtube video of the male and female mating can be seen here.
See Also
Dolomedes scriptus
Print References
Howell and Jenkins, pp. 224-225, fig. 137 (1)
Kaston, p. 179, fig. 451 (2)
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
By W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins
2.How to Know the Spiders
By B. J. Kaston
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette, Chuck Entz
Last updated 3 March, 2011 - 7:46pm

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