#dolomedes tenebrosus

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day - Arachtober!

A ginormous Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) I found in one of my pitfall traps last spring.

[snototter]

A dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) in Mason Neck, Virginia, USA

by Judy Gallagher

[shrivveledradish]

Pebble when I got her a year ago

Vs

Pebble now

It's hard to tell in these photos but she has grown a lot

She is my favorite spider I have atm

[celosia-parade]

^^literally the only subreddit that matters to me its where the cool people are

[herpsandbirds]

do u like .. fishing spiders ?

Fishing Spiders:

I love spiders that can run across the surface of the water! Once, some friends and I were canoeing in a very old cypress swamp in eastern North Carolina, and we saw this HUGE fishing spider on the trunk of a cypress. I'm pretty sure that its was a Dark Fishing Spider with a 4 inch leg spread. (I was the only one willing to put my hand next to it for a photo).

This is not the individual but...

Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus), family Pisauridae, Alabama, USA

I don't recommend picking them up, but this was a good photo for size.

photograph by N. Newton

The species I personally encounter most often in the park where II work is the 6-Spotted...

Six-spotted Fishing Spiders (Dolomedes triton), family Pisauridae, Houston, TX, USA

photographs by Paxon Kale (me)

[uncharismatic-fauna]

👻 Trick or Treat!!! 🎃

You get a dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)!

[ur-local-neighborhood-scene-kid]

I made a post not too long ago about the largest cellar spider I had ever seen jumpscaring me while I took a piss in the wee hours of the morning…

My brother found a spider at LEAST TWICE as big under my parents sink in their bathroom.

It’s a fishing spider (dolomedes tenebrosus I think) apparently one of the largest spiders in the area where I live!!

Me and my whole family nearly shat ourselves!!

But I got to hold the jar my dad caught him in and I got to release it!

I learned about a new spider tonight I guess!!

Pictures: warning for spider pics, this thing was HUGE and I took detailed, up-close pics

[onenicebugperday]

This blog is delightful!! I see so many new buggy friends every day now and it's lovely! I've always been a fan of an assortment of bugs (I was the kid who would spend all day looking for them instead of playing with the other kids, lol) but I've always had a particularly hard time warming up to the especially spindly and fast moving guys, particularly spiders (somehow, tarantulas do not apply to this statement, my beloveds) but seeing other people be enthusiastic or have neat bug stories has been helping. Are there any particularly "gnarly" (subjectively, of course) speedy arachnids that you wouldn't mind sharing?

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Oh, I can relate! I used to be an arachnophobe, and the very large, fast, and leggy ones scared the heck out of me. This is going to be incredibly subjective of course so I'm sorry if my definition of gnarly dudes doesn't fit yours! I'll also stick to spiders one might find in the US, since that's where I'm based.

And just a note that none of these guys scare me anymore! I've grown to love and appreciate all of them, so this post is in no way trying to shed them in a negative light. And none of these dudes are harmful :)

Giant crab spider (actually a huntsman, Olios giganteus):

Look at that face and the cute little peets. Precious. Photo by deserts

Dark fishing spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus:

These pals can get up to 4 inches across and are incredibly fast! Photo by jmcardle

Carolina wolf spider, Hogna carolinensis:

The largest wolf spider in the US! Like the other two, they actively hunt rather than trapping prey in webs, so they're very fast. But look at that adorable little face! Photo by arcebianca0505

Giant house spider, Eratigena duellica:

Smaller yet somehow more leggy than the others. They're harmless funnel weavers, but holy smokes are they fast! One of the fastest species in the U.S., as it happens. Photo by bryn_

And finally the large and leggy pantropical huntsman, Heteropoda venatoria:

That's so much leg. Wow. Impressive hunters! They've been known to take down small lizards and snakes. If I could kiss one I would. Photo by mutolisp

[kaumaxine]

Ayla di Alma is the Spider-Woman (Spider-Dolomes) of Earth 203-1. Her planet went through extreme climate changes, and with global warming, the water level rose enough to cover most of the cities, thus leaving few ecosystems and habitat, with aquatic ecosystems being the most abundant. The remaining living beings had to adapt to the new reality. Her suit is an adapted diving suit, her skills and outfit are inspired by spiders: Dolomedes tenebrosus, Argyroneta aquatica and Gasteracantha cancriformis.

She is a biologist, her specialty is entomology. After being stung, she went through many events before being recruited by Doctor Strange, thus helping him with some tasks involving the multiverse. And later on, she obtained the knowledge of the Spider Society.

On this Earth, Ayla works for a research (Fundação) facility where she was exposed to radiation and later accidentally bitten by a genetically modified spider.

All stickers were taken from Pinterest, and their credits must go to their respective owners. The art is mine.

Dolomes comes from Dolomedes, is a genus of large spiders in the Pisauridae family. Almost all species are semiaquatic.

[horsebeast]

Micromus sp., Scarites sp., Myrmeleon larva, young Dolomedes tenebrosus, Oecanthus male

[osmanthusoolong]

Talking about/showing a spider with poor boundaries under the cut

Was almost asleep last night, when I felt something on my chest, I brushed it off and turned on the light to find:

I took them out into the hall in a cup (they were mad about it, but I was mad about a Beaft wandering across my chest, so). They do have cute little kittypaws, though.

Dad goes to take the garbage out in the morning, to find, directly outside the door:

OUTSIDE WITH YOU, grumpypants.

(They are a Dolomedes tenebrosus)

[fischotterkunst]

Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) and a millipede I didn’t notice until just now :0c

5/10/23

[shrivveledradish]

I've seen people say fishing spiders really don't live long but ive had my fishing spider, Pebble, for nearly a year and she's still not even mature.

Here are some photos from this morning

I am almost 100% certain she is an immature dark fishing spider (dolomedes tenebrosus) which get very large so she still has a lot of growing to do.

My late dark fishing spider, River, was super large (she is actually my profile picture)

Sometime in the next few months I am going to build a large enclosure for Pebble to continue to grow in.

When I originally brought her home she was much smaller and has moved enclosures several times

(this is how I learned top opening enclosures simply do not work for me when it comes to arboreal spiders)

Originally I was going to put her into one of my spare 6.5 gallons (which are kind of ugly since they are old and scratched up) but I thought it would be good to build an enclosure that is suited more for arboreal spiders that may sit near the top of the enclosure so that is why I decided I would rather build her one over the next few months

I am excited to see Pebble continue to grow and move into her new enclosure once I build it

[moonflowerdragon]

if it's not a Dolomedes tenebrosus type of relationship, then i don't want it

[herpsandbirds]

Hello! I just want to share this beautiful leggy friend I met the other night :) They almost look crocheted with those patterns!

Fairly certain its a dark fishing spider but not 100%. Either way they're beautiful and deserve to be admired <3

Michigan Spider ID:

Although, I'm not 100% sure on this one, I agree with you, it looks like Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus), family Pisauridae.

I really love fishing spiders, I remember seeing one bigger than my hand in a cypress swamp in NC (the leg spread). Impressive!

[beazt]

look at this absolutely GORGEOUS dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) in my dads outhouse