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Cambridgea
Clearing out wood pile and old pots, hunting in the pile
Spotted on Jan 19, 2013
Submitted on Jan 19, 2013
7 Comments
Great detective work gals :)
Thanks Jill, it definately looks like those now I've seen the range.
It's a big critter!
Wildchild this is not a Dolomedes it is a native sheetweb spider one of the Cambridgea species (verified by Landcare Research)
They vary a bit so I think you got it right. Maybe a spider expert will tell us otherwise. Could you have had some water around there? or maybe they can live away from water? ... guess I'll have to read more.
Like a sheet web I meant to say
I'm pretty certain because of the size ( 6-7cm or so end to end
) and central stripe markings on it but what doesn't quite match 100% is it has such a greeny gold abdomen a sheet web
Good find and IDing :) It might be an idea to include a reference in your spotting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomedes_m... I was amazed to discover it is a 'fishing spider' !!