Dolomedes fimbriatus
(Raft Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Dolomedes fimbriatus, commonly known as Raft Spider, belongs to the genus Dolomedes, in the family Dolomedidae. Dolomedes fimbriatus spiders have been sighted 4 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Dolomedes fimbriatus includes 3 countries and 0 states in the United States. Dolomedes fimbriatus is most often sighted during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dolomedidae
Genus: Dolomedes
Species: Dolomedes fimbriatus

Other Common Names

Raft Spider

Author

(Clerck, 1757)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 4 confirmed sightings of Dolomedes fimbriatus (Raft Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on October 18, 2023 by Spider ID member sandyundead. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 4 sightings because of certain Dolomedes fimbriatus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Dolomedes fimbriatus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 4)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Dolomedes fimbriatus has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2).