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Dolomedes sp.
This spider could quickly skip on the water
Econlockhatchee River
Spotted on Aug 23, 2014
Submitted on Aug 28, 2014
5 Comments
I agree. I think you nailed it.
Thanks for the help! I think it is a Dolomedes species after looking into it more.
My gut tells me it's fishing spider. My concern is that FL is subtropical and I'm less sure of the climate. You can try uploading it to BugGuide. They are an excellent resource.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1954/bgima...
Could be, it looks like this one http://bugguide.net/node/view/799527/...
Do you know if any other spider genuses have similar water-skipping behavior?
Fishing spider?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1985