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Raft spider

Dolomedes fimbriatus

Description:

A Raft Spider has caught a Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus). It's a good meal as the spider and the butterfly are about the same size.The raft spider normally hunts on water, this individual though is captured about 300 meters from nearest open water.

Habitat:

Forest, close to a lake.

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Sven-OlovSjoqvist
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Sven-OlovSjoqvist

Värmlands län, Sweden

Spotted on Jul 26, 2014
Submitted on Jul 26, 2014

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