Comments & ID Thoughts
I believe this is a fishing spider. Taken in Laurens, SC by a creek in a Magnolia Tree.
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- Submitted: Aug 21, 2018
- Photographed: Aug 21, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Laurens, South Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Freshwater river, lake, stream
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I think you’re right. Looks like a white banded fishing spider
https://spiderid.com/spider/pisauridae/dolomedes/albineus/
From this photo, it is guess it is most likely Dolomedes albineus, as you both guess.