Dolomedes tenebrosus
(Dark Fishing Spider)

Picture ID 63393

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Dolomedes tenebrosus

Submitted by:
spiderguyill
Submitted: May 31, 2019
Photographed: May 31, 2019
Spider: Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Maywood, Illinois, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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spiderguyill

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May 31, 2019 5:06 pm

Found the shed skin first…In a box in a generator enclosure… Stoked to find her hiding further in the box. I;d like to note, my friend has seen it in the enclosure (heated) through out this past winter…. This is in Maywood right by the river, top of the bank

TangledWeb

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Reply to spiderguyill

May 31, 2019 10:17 pm

Cool! I haven’t seen one in person yet though I’m trying to find one.

spiderguyill

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Reply to TangledWeb

June 1, 2019 8:29 am

Looking at it, I think I have seen much smaller examples…. NEVER anything this big…But from what I understand it has been roaming that heated enclosure all winter… I see spiders all the time and consider myself above average in that type of knowledge…But when I saw it, I thought it was darn near tarantula size.. and I have kept tons of those for years