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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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Fishing Spider - Dolomedes albineus - female
Copyright © 2008 Elissa Malcohn

Fishing Spider - Dolomedes albineus - Female
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
August 16, 2008
Size: App. 3.5 in. incl. legs
Found this beauty stationed outdoors and above my window as I performed yard work.

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Fishing Spider - Dolomedes albineus - female Fishing Spider - Dolomedes albineus - female
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Contributed by Elissa Malcohn on 16 August, 2008 - 11:16pm
Last updated 1 February, 2009 - 4:18pm

Moved
Moved from Fishing Spiders.
… Elissa Malcohn, 31 December, 2008 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Dolomedes albineus
This is a female White-banded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus). The white band that runs across the front of the cephalothorax (just below the eyes) as well as the white tuffs of "hair" that run along the fringes of the abdomen and legs are all physical characteristics that are associated with D. albineus.

Here's a couple images from the Guide for comparison:

… Brett Tyler, 31 December, 2008 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Not a huntsman
This is a fishing spider from genus Dolomedes.
… Jebus31, 17 August, 2008 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

 
The eyes have it
Thanks! Yeah, that eye arrangement under Dolomedes definitely fits.
… Elissa Malcohn, 17 August, 2008 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

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