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NOT itsy bitsy!!! - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2004 Mary Shade

NOT itsy bitsy!!! - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
June 27, 2004
I found this spider today while outside in my back yard, pulling weeds. It was sitting on the firewood pile. It's about 3-4 inches long. If anyone has any idea as to what kind of spider it is, I'd surely appreciate it.
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Contributed by Mary Shade on 28 June, 2004 - 9:52pm

I vote fishing spider
In the genus Dolomedes.
… Troy Bartlett, 29 June, 2004 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Dolomedes female
Probably Dolomedes tenebrosus, and really ready to lay an egg case:-) I usually find this species in the VERTICAL plane, on tree trunks, walls, and such, as opposed to finding large wolf spiders in the HORIZONTAL plane (on the ground, logs, rocks).
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