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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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What kind of Spider is this? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Copyright © 2009 alyyson

What kind of Spider is this? - Dolomedes tenebrosus
Colchester, Vermont, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
June 9, 2009
I am just wondering what kind of spider he is and whether he is harmful to people in any way.
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Contributed by alyyson on 2 August, 2009 - 7:03pm
Last updated 2 March, 2010 - 9:34am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 March, 2010 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
2nd thought - Dolomedes fimbriatus group ?
Hi Lynette. Looking at this one again. Any chance it could belong to the Dolomedes fimbriatus group, Dolomedes scriptus?
… Andrew Williams, 2 March, 2010 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
No I think you had it right the first time
Scriptus is supposed to have a white 'W' mark ike this spider
… Lynette Elliott, 2 March, 2010 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Schneider, 4 September, 2009 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

looks like Dolomedes tenebrosus, fishing spider
Spiders can bite if you bother them enough. This spider isn't a brown recluse, black widow, etc., so it's not one that people are typically concerned about.

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… Andrew Williams, 2 August, 2009 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you for your response!
… alyyson, 2 August, 2009 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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