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Fishing Spider

Dolomedes scriptus

Description:

hanging out on a tick-trefoil leaf

Habitat:

Mixed woods

2 Species ID Suggestions

Fishing spider
Dolomedes spp. Frontera Fisher - Dolomedes - BugGuide.Net
KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago
Fishing spider
Dolomedes scriptus Dolomedes scriptus - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

No problem Chester. It's good that Karen was able to narrow the ID down to the species level.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

Well guess I was wrong Kunzah, thank you for correcting me Karen.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

I believe it is in that family kunzah, but I doubt the genus due to it's distance from water and the lack of hairs.

chesterbperry
Spotted by
chesterbperry

East Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Sep 20, 2012

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