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What kind of spider is this? - Dolomedes
Copyright © 2008 Dominick

What kind of spider is this? - Dolomedes
Warner, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
June 28, 2008
Size: about 3.5" in diameter
Found this guy sunning himself on a friend's cord wood stack this summer.
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Contributed by Dominick on 10 September, 2008 - 8:57am
Last updated 17 March, 2021 - 9:04pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Laura P., 17 March, 2021 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Fishing Spiders.

Agreed with "likely tenebrosus"
… chuuuuung, 17 March, 2021 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

Moving -
to genus page for now.
… Ken Schneider, 2 October, 2008 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Fishing Spider
It's a Fishing Spider of the Genus Dolomedes. It's tough to tell what the exact species is in this photo, but I think it's safe to say that it could be either Dolomedes tenebrosus or Dolomedes scriptus (I'm leaning more towards D. tenebrosus, though).

Here's a link to the Dolomedes Guide Page if you would like to compare: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1985/bgpage
… Brett Tyler, 10 September, 2008 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
fishing spider ID
Thank you very much for the info Brett. I spent far too much time trying to blindly find this info myself on the net, with little to go on besides the photo, and not getting anywhere.

regards,
Dominick
… Dominick, 10 September, 2008 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

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