Fishing Spider Eyes - Pardosa

Moved

Moved from Arctosa.

… Laura P., 14 February, 2014 - 9:05am

Identity?

Jeff Hollenbeck feels this is more appropriately placed into Arctosa. Comments?

… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2005 - 9:19pm

No way to post multiple pics at once

There is no way to post multiple images at once, but you can post them separately and then link them together. Just note the node id in the URL (e.g. 3803 for this one), and then just type [thumb:#] where # is the node id. You'll get a thumb link like this (for 3785):

… Troy Bartlett, 15 May, 2004 - 10:12pm

Wolf Spider?

Given the eye arrangement and given the other picture that showed possibly the same species carrying its egg sac by the spinnerets it's probably a wolf spider. Not one like I've seen before though.

… Troy Bartlett, 15 May, 2004 - 10:08pm

Wolf Spider?

You may not hae seen these before but I have seen tons around here. I lived in Aurburn and Kent, Washington for most of my life and those are very common. You might find this interesting too, the biggest one I've ever seen was the size of a softball (in circumferance). I logged in to find out what kind of spiders these were. I saw the big one years ago but, I've always been curious as to what kind of spider it was. I didn't know we could get spiders that big around here. As far as fishing spider I'm not sure because I have always seen these in the house nowhere near fish, although there was creek down hill from me at the time. I'm still courious as to what they really are, and if they're at all dangerous, I have had them, at least seam like, chase me. Angie-Snoqualmie,Wa

… angie, 12 September, 2004 - 10:58am

I'm stumped!

As with my original comment, the eye arrangement looks like Pardosa, but body size and coloration suggest immature Dolomedes? However, some adult female Fishing Spiders attain a length of 25mm. This is 10mm? It might be a Lycosa but the amount of separation between the two large anterior eyes seems unlike Lycosa and more like Pardosa. Lycosa are generally nocturnal. In Dolomedes, the eyes are closely grouped. I am almost certain this is not a Fishing Spider. Perhaps natural selection is altering the position and size of the eyes. It's a large Pardosa Wolf Spider, and I'm still stumped.

… Tom Adams, 15 May, 2004 - 10:31am

size relationship eyes

The two second largest eyes on top are suggestive of Pardosa. In Lycosa, these eyes are small.

… Tom Adams, 15 May, 2004 - 11:05am

Eyes

I only see four eyes. I thought spiders had eight. I've searched websites for both Pardosa and Lycosa, and frankly this doesn't look like either.

… Don Woodman, 15 May, 2004 - 7:46pm

What you see

The four you see are the two large anterior ( front ) and the two second largest, on top. There are four small anterior eyes in a row below the two large anterior.

… Tom Adams, 15 May, 2004 - 7:56pm