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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) » fimbriatus group (Dolomedes fimbriatus group) » Whitebanded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)
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Whitebanded Fishing Spider - Dolomedes albineus
Copyright © 2014 Nancy Kent

Whitebanded Fishing Spider - Dolomedes albineus
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
August 9, 2014
I'd like an Id, please.

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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 9 August, 2014 - 8:31pm
Last updated 4 September, 2014 - 12:35pm

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… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2014 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Dolomedes albineus (White Banded Fishing Spider)
This is Dolomedes albineus.


Here is another one from Virginia:


The Dolomedes fishing spiders can be extremely difficult to ID at times. The main differences between D. tenebrosus and D. albineus are the wavy white hairs on the abdomen and legs (D. albineus) along with the D. albineus being the only Dolomedes within North America to sometimes sport a mossy green abdomen (Brett Tyler).

Also, the second picture expresses the unbroken white band along the 'face' (clypeus), which is another key trait in D. albineus.

The D. tenebrosus has a black patch that cuts down onto the fangs (chelicerae) and splits the white band:


If you were wondering, all Dolomedes fishing spiders are harmless.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 10 August, 2014 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you for explanation, I wasn't aware of the white band.
I knew there was a lot of variation within species of Dolomedes, but this one had seemed closer to tenebrosus.
… Jeff Brown, 10 August, 2014 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Jimmy, I appreciate that ID info. I spend a lot of time taking pics of critters in our small nature park and generally do not worry about being harmed by them:>)
… Nancy Kent, 10 August, 2014 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Dolomedes tenebrosus
Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus.
Compare:
… Jeff Brown, 9 August, 2014 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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