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Spotting Image 1

Description:

Only about 2 cm in diameter. I found this little guy skimming across the top of a semi-permanent rain puddle.

Habitat:

Semi-permanent rain puddle in a mixed forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago
Thin-legged wolf spider
Pardosa sp. Genus Pardosa - Thinlegged Wolf Spiders - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

Musicwolf
Musicwolf 10 years ago

I had someone also suggest that it might be a "fishing spider" from Genus Dolomedes - any thoughts on that?

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BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago

These can be incredibly abundant around water, especially in spring. To identify to species you pretty much have to kill the specimen.

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Musicwolf
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Musicwolf

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Apr 26, 2014
Submitted on Apr 27, 2014

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