Dolomedes scriptus
(Striped Fishing Spider)

Picture ID 188696

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Dolomedes Tenebrosus

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nrom973
Submitted: Sep 13, 2023
Photographed: Sep 13, 2023
Spider: Dolomedes scriptus (Striped Fishing Spider)
Location: Oak Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Forest
Found in web?: Yes
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TangledWeb

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September 14, 2023 12:17 am

Dolomedes scriptus. https://bugguide.net/node/view/38828 It wasn’t in our spiders of New Jersey because this will be our first filed photo of D. scriptus for NJ. It has thin white markings (script). It has a web and a thin abdomen. This is probably a female that made a nursery web for her hatching egg sac. The offspring should be on the other side of the beams that she is shielding with her body. She’ll guard them until they are ready to hunt.

Nrom973

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September 14, 2023 6:13 am

Yes the Egg sac is next to the spider I did not include it in this image but the eggs have no hatched and I will post one including the spider and the eggs.