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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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Spider Found in Turtle Shell - Dolomedes tenebrosus
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Spider Found in Turtle Shell - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
January 20, 2018
I picked up a dried out turtle shell while walking in the woods. Inside was this spider. It appeared to resting there for the winter as it made no attempt to move and it looks like some sort of moss had grown around it.

My guess would be a female Dolomedes tenebrosus, but I wanted to see what you think.I will post another picture with a better view of its face

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Spider Found in Turtle Shell - Dolomedes tenebrosus Spider Found in Turtle Shell - Dolomedes tenebrosus
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Contributed by eaglebeach on 28 January, 2018 - 1:58pm
Last updated 29 January, 2018 - 7:48am

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You’re
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