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Dolomedes scriptus

Striped Fishing Spider
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Dolomedes
Species: D. scriptus
Binomial name
Dolomedes scriptus
(Hentz, 1845)
Synonyms

D. fontanus Emerton, 1885
D. tenebrosus Emerton, 1902


D. fontanus Emerton, 1885
D. tenebrosus Emerton, 1902

The Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus) is a fishing spider found in central North America. Female spiders can grow to be over 6 cm in legspan. The spider is a pale brown colour with lighter stripes around its legs and a stripe down each side of the body. It is similar to D. tenebrosus.


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