| Dark Fishing Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Dolomedes |
| Species: | D. tenebrosus |
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Dolomedes tenebrosus (Hentz, 1844) |
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The Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is a fishing spider found in northeastern North America.
Female bodies are 15–26 mm; males are 7–13 mm. Legs range from 50–90 mm. The spider is a pale to dark brown colour with several chevron markers and lighter stripes around its legs. It is similar to D. scriptus.