Dolomedes tenebrosus
(Dark Fishing Spider)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Dark fishing spider? At first I thought it was a cat-faced spider because you can see what looks like a cat face, but the legs aren’t hairy. Sitting on our shed door. Temps in low 40s. Lake property.

• Submitted by: 
  
  jok
• Submitted: Oct 4, 2018
• Photographed: Oct 4, 2018
• Spider: Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
• Location: Vergas, MB, Minnesota, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal