Tigrosa georgicola

Picture ID 11241

Comments & ID Thoughts

This beauty was spotted this morning on our driveway close to the entrance cover to our well. We are located in Western North Carolina Foothills in a forested lake community. We are have a rolling 7 forested acres. The spider's body is between 1 1/2 and 2" in length and with leg span is at least several inches across. We didn't pick it up because we were not familiar with an arachnid of this size and we're therefore caucious. Is this a variety of the Dolomedes "Water Spider" species? It resembles some pics of this species I found on web!

Submitted by:
rebecca
Submitted: May 1, 2018
Photographed: May 1, 2018
Spider: Tigrosa georgicola
Location: Mill Spring, North Carolina, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Freshwater river, lake, stream,Forest
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Dorsal