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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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What kind of spider is this? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2012 JudyD

What kind of spider is this? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Wisconsin, USA
May 30, 2012
Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this is? I just found it in this bucket in a storage area in our house. I am going to turn it loose in the woods behind our house shortly.
Thanks, Judy
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Contributed by JudyD on 30 May, 2012 - 1:12pm
Last updated 18 September, 2012 - 8:33am

Moved to Dolomedes tenebrosus
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 September, 2012 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Arthropods.
… metrioptera, 2 June, 2012 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

spider
I think it looks like a Fishing Spider (Dolomedes) but wait for a second opinion. Happy to hear that you're going to release it.
… Ilona L., 30 May, 2012 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Dolomedes
Yes Dolomedes. I downloaded the image and putzed with it in Photoshop and found the abdomen has a classic Dolomedes pattern. Unfortunately, I'm not good at distinguishing the species.
… Joe Lapp, 4 June, 2012 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

 
spider
Thank you! I looked at the pictures of Fishing Spiders and that certainly seems to fit with what I see. Will wait for a second opinion. Haven't released yet in case more pictures were needed, but don't want to wait too long. I didn't like finding this spider in my house, but was glad he was in a bucket so will be easy to release.
… JudyD, 30 May, 2012 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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