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Fishing Spider? - Dolomedes tenebrosus

Fishing Spider? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Greene County, Virginia, USA
May 11, 2006
Size: 2"

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Fishing Spider? - Dolomedes tenebrosus Fishing Spider? - Dolomedes tenebrosus

looks
like my pic: http://bugguide.net/node/view/49953

Spiders (Araneae) » Opisthothelae » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Ecribellate Spiders » Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae) » Fishing Spiders (Dolomedes)

 
D. tenebrosus
I agree with LunarEagle's ID. This is definitely an adult female Dolomedes spp. spider, and the lack of white/light gray markings within the chevrons would make it a Dolomedes tenebrosus.

If the white marks existed, it would indicate that the specimen was either an adult D. tenebrosus or D. scriptus, but the lack of white excludes the D. scriptus from the possibilities. :)

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