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Dolomedes sp.
This Dolomedes water spider is brown with a white border round the cephalothorax. It looks a bit like a wolf spider but does not have a large pair of eyes in centre like wolf spiders. It can run on the surface of the water.
Under a small log in bushland, very close to the river.
I can confirm a water spider based on this link Water Spider ( Dolomedes sp I suspect it is a a water spider; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water_... They seem to be water droplets on its body.
Spotted on Jun 3, 2012
Submitted on Jun 3, 2012
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