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Dolomedes tenebrosus - male

Dolomedes tenebrosus - Male
Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, USA
May 29, 2013
Size: 8mm
Found inside home.

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Dolomedes tenebrosus - male Dolomedes tenebrosus - male

Moved
Moved from Fishing Spiders. Great shots, Fyn! We barely have any full body shots of the adult males of this species, so this is a great addition!
As far as scriptus vs. tenebrosus... the abdomen of D. scriptus usually has white 'W'-shaped markings that go all the way across the back half of the abdomen, whereas in D. tenebrosus, only the very edges of the 'W'-shaped marks are sometimes white. (And I also checked out what I could see of the pedipalps, too, to make sure it was D. tenebrosus.)
Here is a comparison shot of a male D. scriptus so you can see the white marks on the abdomen and the sort of different look they have (still really similar, though):

 
Thanks Mandy!
Cool! Thanks again, Mandy!

Moved - Actually a fishing spider
Moved from Wolf Spiders. This is a male in the genus Dolomedes.

 
Thanks Lynette!
Ha! Thanks! Do you know what species? Looks to me like D. scriptus or tenebrosus, what do you think?

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