I never expected to find a fishing spider on my arachnid hunting trip, let alone within the city limits at South Side Lions Park. I wager the wooded creek flowing through the park was suitable habitat for her.

I actually found this beauty on the wall of a small storage building a short distance from the creek. She was right above the locked doors, which were hanging open slightly. I managed to coax her down to the ground without her darting behind them and vanishing.