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 17 confirmed sightings of Dolomedes scriptus (Striped Fishing Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 14, 2024 by Spider ID member iammrmike. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 17 sightings because of certain Dolomedes scriptus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 18% of the time, Dolomedes scriptus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 17)
- Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
- Environment: Dolomedes scriptus has been sighted 21 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (9). Low foliage (1). High foliage (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (8). Forest (2).
Location and Range
Dolomedes scriptus (Striped Fishing Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Dolomedes scriptus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin.
Seasonality
Dolomedes scriptus has been primarily sighted during the month of September.
- January:
- February:
- March:
- April: 4
- May: 3
- June: 2
- July:
- August: 3
- September: 5
- October:
- November:
- December: