Dolomedes scriptus
(Striped Fishing Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Dolomedes scriptus, commonly known as Striped Fishing Spider, belongs to the genus Dolomedes, in the family Dolomedidae. Dolomedes scriptus spiders have been sighted 16 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Dolomedes scriptus includes 2 countries and 9 states in the United States. Dolomedes scriptus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Striped Fishing Spider

Author

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1845

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Sightings Overview

There have been 16 confirmed sightings of Dolomedes scriptus (Striped Fishing Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 1, 2025 by Spider ID member jlegault. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 16 sightings because of certain Dolomedes scriptus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 13% of the time, Dolomedes scriptus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 16)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Dolomedes scriptus has been sighted 18 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (9). Low foliage (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (6). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Dolomedes scriptus (Striped Fishing Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Dolomedes scriptus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin.