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Found this jewel crawling out from under some old composite deck boards I have stored under my back deck. I initially ran to get my gun because I thought it was a ground hog. In all seriousness, what kind of monster is this? I live in upper East Tennessee. New construction home on previous pasture land.
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- Submitted: Apr 2, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 2, 2018
- Spider: Dolomedes (Fishing Spiders)
- Location: Bristol , Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
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Oct 19, 2019
Sep 25, 2019
Nashua , 
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Fishing Spider, likely Dolomedes tenebrosus. I’m just placing to genus though because it’s wet and maybe looks a little different when dry.
Thanks ItsyBitsy…It was a big one! I told my wife that I thought it might have been a fishing spider, but I had never seen one this big and sprawled out. The ones I have seen before have been more elongated….thanks so much!