Dolomedes
(Fishing Spiders)

Picture ID 9668

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What is this? The thorax is larger than the abdomen, butterfly like pattern on thorax and tiger striping on abdomen and legs.

Submitted by:
zachntracy
Submitted: Apr 15, 2018
Photographed: Apr 15, 2018
Spider: Dolomedes (Fishing Spiders)
Sex:
Female,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Near Epworth , Georgia, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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April 16, 2018 12:13 am

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Fishing Spider in the genus Dolomedes, possibly Dolomedes tenebrosus.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1317000/bgimage

Zachntracy

Photo Owner

Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 16, 2018 9:49 am

Thank you! How ironic, my first time on this site because I am no Entomologists, but I am a Fisheries Bilogist. Very cool that this is a Fishing Spider!