species 12,701 observations

Striped Fishing Spider

Dolomedes scriptus

Field notes

Dolomedes scriptus is a fishing spider found in the United States and Canada, known as the striped fishing spider. 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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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided