Comments & ID Thoughts
Initially thought it was a (very large) wolf spider, but then when I found SpiderID, I believe it to be a Dark Fishing Spider. Was found mid-afternoon in a wooden storage shed on a wooden step-ladder.
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- Submitted: Jun 16, 2022
- Photographed: Jun 11, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Dover, Delaware, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I’m leaning wolf spider because of the eye reflections (https://www.sccdnh.org/single-post/2019/03/20/follow-the-eyeshine) but I know dock spiders are related, so they may have that trait too. The body and legs look a bit more like a dock spider but I always have trouble telling the two apart.