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Dark Fishing Spider

Dolomedes tenebrosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 253, February 259, March 410, April 803, May 1,542, June 897, July 609, August 576, September 518, October 424, November 265, December 236.
United States37,079
Canada9,233
Ontario6,308
Ohio3,401
Virginia3,145
Pennsylvania2,755
New York2,568
North Carolina2,428
Maryland2,362
Michigan1,657

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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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