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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 scriptus
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Large scriptus or tenebrosus? - Dolomedes scriptus - female
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

Large scriptus or tenebrosus? - Dolomedes scriptus - Female
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 21, 2013
Size: +/-30mm
These are always there and very docile. I've tried to pick them up, but they run out onto the water and hide for awhile. No biting, yet. I would guess scriptus because of the pattern, but am waiting for the experts.

More full size here
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGZDx81

These are funny angles because the spider was on the vertical face of the dock and I wasn't prepared for a swim...

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Contributed by James Reben on 21 July, 2013 - 4:02pm
Last updated 23 June, 2014 - 7:47am

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