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Comments & ID Thoughts
Sat next to this beauty in North East Wisconsin
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Aug 5, 2020
- Photographed: Aug 5, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Crivitz, Wisconsin, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Freshwater river, lake, stream,Forest
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I think this beauty is Dolomedes sp, a fishing spider.
Yes, Dolomedes scriptus, I think. It has the “W” or “heart-shaped” markings consistent with that.
A very useful hint. I still find it difficult to tell a D. scriptus from a D.tenebrosus.
BugGuide.net (unfortunately not working at the moment, or I’d include the link) has on their Dolomedes page a listing of field marks to distinguish between species. I’ve found it to be very helpful.