Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Pisauridae
- Genus: Dolomedes
- Species: Dolomedes albineus
Other Common Names
White-banded Fishing Spider
Author
Hentz, 1845
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 54 confirmed sightings of Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 12, 2024 by Spider ID member bigrt88. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 54 sightings because of certain Dolomedes albineus sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 13% of the time, Dolomedes albineus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 54)
- Sex: 3 female and 3 male.
- Environment: Dolomedes albineus has been sighted 64 times outdoors, and 9 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (30). Low foliage (2). High foliage (16). Ground layer (2). Freshwater river, lake, stream (6). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (6).
Location and Range
Dolomedes albineus (White-banded Fishing Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Dolomedes albineus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.
Seasonality
Dolomedes albineus has been primarily sighted during the month of May.
- January:
- February: 1
- March: 1
- April: 12
- May: 12
- June: 5
- July: 4
- August: 8
- September: 5
- October: 2
- November:
- December: 4