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Dark Fishing Spider
Stanley Jones

Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)

Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus: Pisauridae) The body of females like this specimen ranges in size from 1.5-2.6 cm (0.59-1.02 in) with their legs measuring from 5.0-9.0 cm (1.97-3.54 in). Males are much smaller. Females can have an overall length of 15.1 cm (5.9 in) long including their legs; about the size of this girl. This spider was positioned ca. 31 cm (12 in) above the water line in the swamp on a Bald Cypress Tree (Taxodium distichum: Cupressaceae). Photographed from a board walk meandering through a small cypress swamp in Palmetto Island State Park south of Abbeville along the Vermillion River, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, USA. Cypress swamp in a bottomland hardwood forest on the Deltaic Plain at ca. 3 m (9.8 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Cypress swamp in a bottomland hardwood forest on the Deltaic Plain at ca. 3 m (9.8 ft) elevation.
Location
Palmetto Island State Park south of Abbeville along the Vermillion River, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, USA.
Date taken
October 2013
Scientific name
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Equipment used
Canon EOS 7D with a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens @ 244 mm, ISO 320, shutter speed 1/250, f/18.

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Invertebrates
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