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Dolomedes tenebrosus
Large hairy dark spider
River banks
This spider was aggressively guarding her egg sack. Spiders are cool and all, but they creep me out. I was surprised I was able to let myself get these pictures.
Spotted on Aug 2, 2004
Submitted on Aug 13, 2011
4 Comments
Great set of pics
oooohhhhh.......big spiders like that give me the shivers!!! **shiver**
Probably about 4 inches in diameter, pretty large!
I totally get what you mean, but its pretty impressive. How big was it?