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This was found on the wheel of my sister's car on an Autumn evening. The year was about 2006, so it's been a while back. I showed it to our local vet and he suggested showing it to the local colleges. I sent it to Concord college and Virginia Tech and neither of them knew what it was. I ran across this picture again here lately and I'm still curious.
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- Submitted: Oct 29, 2020
- Photographed: Oct 29, 2006
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Worth, West Virginia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
The interesting thing about this spider is how its holding its egg sack in its chelicerae. There are several families that do this but I would say it resembles a Dolomedes (Fishing Spider) the most. Fishing spiders belong in the Pisauridae (Nursey Web Spider) family. The deep indent in its carapace might mean its a Dolomedes vittatus. It definitely is a fishing spider I’m just not 100% certain on vittatus being the correct species. Here is one for reference. https://bugguide.net/node/view/810652