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Fishing Spider w/ Prey - Dolomedes albineus - female

Fishing Spider w/ Prey - Dolomedes albineus - Female
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
March 29, 2011
I have my doubts this little lady can be ID'ed, but maybe there is enough here to do so. It still amazes me how such small spiders can take down much larger prey. Images like this are quite dramatic...

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

Moved for the experts
Moved from ID Request. Spider looks more like Pisauridae.

Prey
Prey is Lucilia, apparently young.