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Hello!
I found this spider on my dad’s shoulder when we got in the car. It had to of landed on his shoulder while he was in the wood shed. He has always seen one in there in the past, but always steered clear of it. I think it just wanted to get up close and say hello this time around.
He has always called it “Wolfie”, Thinking it’s a wolf spider. But I’d like to have an accurate reading this time around :)
Thank you!
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- Submitted: Dec 27, 2019
- Photographed: Aug 24, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
This spider landed on my Dad’s shirt after he left the wood shed. It was brown, hairy and not too pleased.
He can start calling it “Fishy.” It looks like a Dark Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus. My dad had a recent encounter with one next-to his face in a wheel well of his truck when he was changing a tire. I don’t know about the spider, but my Dad was unpleasantly surprised. They are different from Wolf Spiders in that Fishing Spiders are really good at climbing vertical surfaces and clinging to them. Both may hunt for insects in water, but it is the Fishing Spiders that dive underwater to grab prey. A purpose of the hairs on their bodies is… Read more »
Good to know! “Fishy” it is then, haha. Thank you so much for your input 🙂