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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) » tenebrosus group (Dolomedes tenebrosus group) » Dolomedes tenebrosus
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Large Unidentified Spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2011 Isabel Cutler

Large Unidentified Spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
June 21, 2011
Size: See photo with ruler
My husband spied this on the floor of his workshop this morning. After taking several photographs, I released it outside under a bush. We have never seen such a large spider.
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Contributed by Isabel Cutler on 21 June, 2011 - 1:14pm
Last updated 8 February, 2018 - 5:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Yes I think the ID of D. tenebrosus is correct. They are large but harmless, so it's nice you released it unharmed.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 June, 2011 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Your ID of my Dolomedes tenebrosus
Thank you - I never kill a photo op! :-) I find insects infinitely fascinating and beautifully designed.
… Isabel Cutler, 22 June, 2011 - 5:47am login or register to post comments

fishing spider
this looks like a fishing spider in the genus Dolomedes, perhaps Dolomedes tenebrosus. i found one at a camp in an outhouse once
… Alex Harman, 21 June, 2011 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, "Mantisboy"...
for nailing the ID on my Dolomedes tenebrosus.
… Isabel Cutler, 22 June, 2011 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

Is it an orb weaver of some sort?
Does this spider fall under : Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae)...?
… Ilze V-G., 21 June, 2011 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

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