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Sabino Canyon Fishing Spider - Trechalea gertschi

Sabino Canyon Fishing Spider - Trechalea gertschi
Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
June 1, 2008
This spider was originally submitted to WhatsThatBug.com back in 2008 and since we really need images of it here, I contacted Daniel and he helped me get copies of the images to post here. Here's the original post at WTB: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/01/18/fishing-spider-from-arizona-dolomedes-gertschi-perhaps/.

Note from the photographer:
"I found this strange spider in the Sabino Canyon near Tucson. It was June, nearly 110°, and the water ponds in the canyon bottom were decreasing at a high pace. Around one of the ponds some of these spiders were sitting and some had amphibia larvae in their fangs. Strange, they rather looked like giant crab spiders; the one on the photo also moved like a crab. Do you have any idea what that might be? Thanks a lot!
Greetings from Daniel Jestrzemski (who really enjoyed his time in the US Southwest)"

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