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My guess is a White Banded Fishing Spider. Found in a tree next to a small freshwater canal, about 5-1/2 ft off the ground. I have a pic that my friend took of the topside of the spider to help with identification.
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- Submitted: Apr 15, 2019
- Photographed: Sep 8, 2018
- Spider: Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider)
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Apopka, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks),Freshwater river, lake, stream
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Ventral
Aug 12, 2024
Aug 12, 2024
Summerville, 
And it’s a spider eating a reptile or amphibian!! Looks like a tadpole with legs or froglet with tail stage. I don’t know the spider, the way it is holding on with four legs wrapped around the plant is different. This is the ventral (underside) surface of the spider. If you can, please post the other photo. It can’t be added to this post but you can do it as a separate post with a note. That would make identification more accurate. Thank you for posting this!
It was a Florida Green Tree Frog, we think it was full grown, just parts of the legs were gone already?? I’ll be posting the other pic of the front/profile of the spider. Thank you!
Great shot!