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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)
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Dolomedes Eye Arrangement - Dolomedes
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Dolomedes Eye Arrangement - Dolomedes
For use in Spider Eye Arrangements Article.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 9 December, 2006 - 8:32pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 9:40pm

Neat, see photo
Very nice, compare this photo I cropped to match the illustration:

I added thumbnails of both to the Pisauridae family page--a real enhancement, I think.

We need more of these thumbnailed into spider family pages--most are pretty bare bones now.
… Cotinis, 30 October, 2007 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Your shot
is amazing. I was admiring it yesterday. Thumbnailing them into the family or genus pages is a good idea.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 October, 2007 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, a better one
Thanks for your kind words. Here is the uncropped version, which is better, IMHO:

I was just going to leave this on my Flickr site, but I think it does add something here.

Do you know, is this a female?
… Cotinis, 31 October, 2007 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Good question
I'm reluctant to say for sure, since I don't have a full view of the palps. Another problem is that juvenile males can look like females, and I'm not positive that your specimen is mature.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 October, 2007 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
Must be female
The thing was huge--22 mm body length. Howell and Jenkins give body length of female as 15-26 mm, of male, 7-13 mm (1), so I'm voting female. Plus, it is late in the season, so I think too late for a juvenile anyway?
… Cotinis, 31 October, 2007 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
you're probably right,
but I don't know how much to trust the season. I've seen baby zebra spiders and orb weavers on the side of my house as late as last week.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 November, 2007 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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