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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 carrying egg sac - Dolomedes tenebrosus - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

fishing spider carrying egg sac - Dolomedes tenebrosus - Female
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
September 10, 2008

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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 19 May, 2009 - 12:23pm
Last updated 28 October, 2014 - 7:26am

Moved
Moved from Fishing Spiders.
… Laura P., 28 October, 2014 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Andrew Williams, 2 June, 2009 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Dolomedes.
Definitely Dolomedes.
… Jebus31, 19 May, 2009 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

eyes look like Dolomedes, and
eyes look like Dolomedes, and she's carrying the egg sac under pedipalps, so I'd say in the Pisauridae
… Drew, 19 May, 2009 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Dolomedes?
Thanks for the course correction. Do you think it's safe to go as far as Dolomedes? Habitat was hardwood forest. Creek in the area, but not what I'd call close. Found the spider in some rock ledges, up a hillside under the canopy.
… Andrew Williams, 19 May, 2009 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Well I'd say Dolomedes, but I
Well I'd say Dolomedes, but I would wait for an actual expert to confirm before moving it there in the guide.
… Drew, 19 May, 2009 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

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