female spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus

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Copyright © 2009 Glen Peterson

female spider - Dolomedes tenebrosus -

Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
July 21, 2009
Size: 2.5-3.5cm

ID help? I apologize for not taking this in its natural habitat. My wife found her in the shower so I put her on the lawn for pictures. I'm kicking myself for not taking a ventral view of the abdomen through clear plastic or something.

My fist thought was lycosid, but the posterior median eyes look small and the lateral ones too close and forward. Also, it really looked to me like there were two claws and a tuft on the feet - lycosids have a third claw, but then, maybe I didn't look properly.

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Contributed by Glen Peterson on 22 July, 2009 - 9:09am
Last updated 17 March, 2021 - 1:05am

Moved

Moved from Fishing Spiders.

… chuuuuung, 17 March, 2021 - 1:05am

Moved

Moved from Nursery Web Spiders.

… Glen Peterson, 22 July, 2009 - 9:39am

Moved

Moved from True Spiders.

… Glen Peterson, 22 July, 2009 - 9:32am

Looks to us more like

Dolomedes than Lycosid

… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2009 - 9:20am

That's a big help - thanks!

I looked them up in my book and this is almost definitely a Pisaurid. Yes, looks most like the Dolomides images, so I moved them there. I don't have any species-specific information, so that's as far as I'll go for now.

… Glen Peterson, 22 July, 2009 - 9:41am

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