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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) » fimbriatus group (Dolomedes fimbriatus group) » Dolomedes vittatus
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Dolomedes tenebrosus? - Dolomedes vittatus - female
Copyright © 2012 Mozartghost17914

Dolomedes tenebrosus? - Dolomedes vittatus - Female
Elikin, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
September 17, 2011
Size: ~ 1.5 inches
All the pictures of D. tenebrosus on this site had rather strong patternation. I already checked the eye arrangement which mostly agrees with Dolomedes. The spider was on a small log over slowly running water. I'd put the size at about 5 in. (Just a guess according to my memory.)
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Contributed by Mozartghost17914 on 29 August, 2012 - 2:45pm
Last updated 31 August, 2012 - 9:54am

Moved to Dolomedes vittatus
Moved from Spiders. Yes I agree with that ID. Nice one.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 August, 2012 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 30 August, 2012 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

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Temporarily being moved to "Spiders (Araneae)" for ID confirmation.
… Laura P., 30 August, 2012 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

size
what does 318.4K mean? How many mm long is the spider's body?
… Larry de March, 29 August, 2012 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Size
Some people don't understand that the size/date/location all refer to the bug. Some people put the jpeg file size in the size field (rather than the bug's body size), or put today's date in the date field (rather than the bug's image date), or put their home address in the city/state (rather than the bug's location).
… John R. Maxwell, 29 August, 2012 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
I thought it was the image size too.
I am still not enough of a scientist to do guesswork in metric, but I estimate about 5 inches legspan, maybe 1 1/2 in for body length.
… Mozartghost17914, 29 August, 2012 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

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That's a striking looking spider. I wonder if it could be a dark variant of Dolomedes vittatus. Hopefully those who know more than me can figure this one out with more certainty. :)
… Laura P., 29 August, 2012 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Quite possible
I don't know if the enlarged abdomen in my specimen was a pregnancy, a recent meal or what... But apart from abdomen size they are very similar in looks.
… Mozartghost17914, 29 August, 2012 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Markings match quite nicely with D. vittatus I think, and it's in range.
… Kyron Basu, 29 August, 2012 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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