Dolomedes tenebrosus
(Dark Fishing Spider)

Picture ID 15070

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Found in a crawl space. Could it potentially be a wolf spider? The abdomen was roughly the size of a plum.

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ItsyBitsy

Hi, this looks like a Dark Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus.

ItsyBitsy

Many of them don’t, this particular species however is frequently found far from water.

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