Comments & ID Thoughts
Whitebanded fishing spider
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- Submitted: Oct 27, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 8, 2018
- Spider: Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider)
- Location: North Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Pretty white banded fishing spider spotted last month in our oak tree in North Charleston. He was on the patio again the first week of October.
It is really pretty. I agree that it looks like Dolomedes albineus. They’re well-evolved for hunting from tree trunks.