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Huge spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2009 Aydin Örstan

Huge spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Black Hill Regional Park, Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
May 30, 2009
Size: body ~2.5 cm
On tree trunk in the woods.

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Contributed by Aydin Örstan on 2 June, 2009 - 5:00pm
Last updated 17 March, 2021 - 1:01am

Moved
Moved from Fishing Spiders.
… chuuuuung, 17 March, 2021 - 1:01am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2009 - 8:44am

Fishing spider, Dolomedes , i think... looks like mine
If you can post a closeup crop of the front of head, eyes, we can be more sure on the genus.


Dolomedes eye arrangement
… Andrew Williams, 2 June, 2009 - 5:12pm

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