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juvenile fishing spider - Dolomedes scriptus
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juvenile fishing spider - Dolomedes scriptus
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
October 22, 2013
Size: about 8 mm
On stony bed Ponkapoag brook at E end Sutcliffe Avenue. Much like D. tenebrosus; species ID based on Tom Murray image sharing pale marginal band on cephalothorax and abdomen:



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Contributed by ophis on 26 November, 2013 - 6:53am

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