
Comments & ID Thoughts
Just would like to know what it is and if it’s at all dangerous. Close to 1.5” long.
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- Submitted: May 18, 2019
- Photographed: May 18, 2019
- Spider: Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
- Location: Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
This is a fishing spider. I think it’s Dolomedes tenebrosus. It’s not dangerous at all.
I just found a ton of these guys on garden island in lake Michigan. Garden island is an outlying island around beaver island. I’ll play pictures shortly. Same pattern.