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I was told by the FB Spider Identification Group admin that this is a Dolomedes tenebrosus (dark fishing spider) and that they are not dangerous. It was inside, on the wall of my rabbit barn, before I scooped it up and took it outside. We do not have any bodies of water on our property.
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- Submitted: Dec 4, 2022
- Photographed: Nov 30, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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The group is correct, this is Dolomedes tenebrosus and they aren’t dangerous. Fishing Spiders eat just about any animal that’s small enough. This species mainly lives in trees. They’ll eat insects, frogs, toads, lizards, fish, other spiders, and more. Yours was probably hunting crickets or spiders. Thank you for double-checking across ID groups to protect your rabbits. 🙂
Thank you for the additional information on this spider. I’ll definitely leave it alone unless it’s in my way…in which case I’ll just relocate it like I did with this one.
I wasn’t actually double-checking, as I’m pretty sure the FB group admin knows his/her stuff. I was trying to add the photo as a record of where this particular spider has been observed in my state. Maybe I didn’t upload it in the right place on this website? Is there a specific page to report sightings?
You did it correctly. I’m filling-in for the Moderator during the pandemic. I haven’t received moderator functional control of the site. That means I can’t put identification titles on new photos and I can’t add them to the location data. The best place to view and contribute to arthropod sightings data is Bugguide.net They have about 20 years of data for arthropods of continental North America. You’ll need to create an account to see the data. The login requirement helps to decrease the bot traffic from slowing their site. It is totally acceptable for you to reuse your photo, it… Read more »