Dolomedes tenebrosus
(Dark Fishing Spider)

Picture ID 64386

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I often read at night. I fell asleep reading with my light on. I woke around 3am to a big, hairy spider about 18 inches from my head. I tried to swat it, it ran. Later, I was searching along baseboards. I pulled back a large framed print that was tented against the wall. There it was! Voila!

Submitted by:
cheesehead
Submitted: Jun 6, 2019
Photographed: Jun 5, 2019
Spider: Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider)
Location: Grafton, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
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Cheesehead

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June 6, 2019 9:35 am

I think it’s a type of wolf spider.

CalumEwing

June 6, 2019 9:59 am

It is a Dark Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus in the Nurseryweb Weaver family Pisauridae. They often wind up indoors at this time of year as they wander around looking for mates.