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Banded Fishing Spider

Dolomedes vittatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 43, February 52, March 48, April 77, May 78, June 53, July 55, August 58, September 66, October 45, November 35, December 40.
United States5,219
North Carolina585
Virginia552
Tennessee497
Maryland390
Texas349
West Virginia324
Pennsylvania305
Ohio301
New York217

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Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyDolomedidae
GenusFishing Spiders · Dolomedes

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