Dolomedes scriptus
| Striped Fishing Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Dolomedes |
| Species: | D. scriptus |
| Binomial name | |
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Dolomedes scriptus (Hentz, 1845) |
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| Synonyms | |
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D. fontanus Emerton, 1885 |
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D. fontanus Emerton, 1885
D. tenebrosus Emerton, 1902
The Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus) is a fishing spider found in central North America. Female spiders can grow to be over 6 cm in legspan. The spider is a pale brown colour with lighter stripes around its legs and a stripe down each side of the body. It is similar to D. tenebrosus.
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