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Fishing spider with a dime for size reference. Rather than hunting on land or by waiting in a web, these spiders hunt on the surface of the water itself, preying on mayflies, other aquatic insects, and even small fish. [5] [6] For fishing spiders, the water surface serves the same function as a web does for other spiders. They extend their legs ...
The six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) is a species of spider in the family Dolomedidae.Found in wetland habitats throughout North America, these spiders are usually seen scampering along the surface of ponds and other bodies of water.
The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1–721
I once watched a massive six-spotted fishing spider hunting from lily pads. When a low-flying dragonfly would pass near, the spider would make a sudden lunge skyward, attempting to grab the insect.
Even if you are afraid of spiders, you might find the white-banded fishing spider fascinating. This species is even capable of catching small fish.
Dolomedes dondalei is a species of large fishing spider endemic to the main islands of New Zealand. It is a nocturnal hunter, feeling the water surface for vibrations, and catches insects and even small fishes – the only New Zealand Dolomedes species able to do so.
The dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is arguably the biggest spider in South Carolina. A fishing spider is on top of a dead fishing spider on the Waccamaw River on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
Members of Ancylometes are among the largest araneomorph spiders, with a typical body length of 1.5 to 4 cm (0.59 to 1.57 in).They are sometimes referred to as "giant fishing spiders" to distinguish them from Dolomedes, a genus of smaller spiders also called "fishing spiders".