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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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Fishing Spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2017 Lloyd Davidson

Fishing Spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 17, 2017
Size: 1" body, 3" with legs

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Fishing Spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus Wolf Spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus
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Contributed by Lloyd Davidson on 9 August, 2017 - 7:18pm
Last updated 15 August, 2017 - 7:04pm

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… Chad Heins, 15 August, 2017 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

Dolomedes tenebrosus
Dark Fishing Spider
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 9 August, 2017 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Hi Lloyd
We don't see wolf spider eyes. This looks rather to be a Fishing spider, genus Dolomedes. Someone may be able to tell you which one.
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2017 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

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