Comments & ID Thoughts
Looked on internet your website- don't know what kind. Maybe Carolina `Wolf `Hogna????
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- Submitted: Jun 11, 2021
- Photographed: Jun 11, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Commerce Township, Michigan, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Waiting to hear from Spiderid.com for identification. It was crawling on a curtain.
Thanks!
Hi, it’s a Dark Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus. Thank you for attempting the identification. The two tip-offs for the ID are: The orangey leg band markings. It’s climbing a vertical surface. Adult Wolf Spiders almost never can do that. I now hope someday we will be able to add ID tips to our species listings like some other sites do. I just realized that today. I go to BugGuide.net for identification tips. It isn’t medically dangerous. If you haven’t already, please scoop it with a cup and gently place it outdoors where it will have better odds of mating than… Read more »