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Huge Spider - Dolomedes
Copyright © 2007 Steven Price

Huge Spider - Dolomedes
Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 16, 2007
Size: Huge
This is the biggest spider I've ever seen! Unfortunately, it hid in this crack when I approached.
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Contributed by Steven Price on 17 August, 2007 - 4:54am
Last updated 17 March, 2021 - 8:59pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Laura P., 17 March, 2021 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Fishing Spiders.
… chuuuuung, 17 March, 2021 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 September, 2007 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

Dolomedes sp.
The genus Dolomedes are called Fishing Spiders and many of the species can be very large and take vertebrates as prey (including fish, and salamanders). Though I don't think the species in this photograph will ever be confidently identified (the characteristics used to differentiate species are on the dorsum), the coloration (specifically the patterning barely visible on the abdomen), body shape, and locality can narrow the options to D. tenebrosus and D. scriptus. If I were forced to make a guess, I would say D. tenebrosus.
… Ray Fisher, 17 August, 2007 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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