Dark Fishing Spider | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Pisauridae |
Genus: | Dolomedes |
Species: | D. tenebrosus |
Binomial name | |
Dolomedes tenebrosus (Hentz, 1844) |
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The Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is a fishing spider found in northeastern North America.
Female bodies are 15–26 mm; males are 7–13 mm. Legs range from 50–90 mm. The spider is a pale to dark brown colour with several chevron markers and lighter stripes around its legs. It is similar to D. scriptus.