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Six-spotted Fishing Spider

Dolomedes triton

19,657 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 57, February 58, March 93, April 181, May 348, June 163, July 123, August 111, September 117, October 96, November 60, December 53.
United States13,740
Canada2,774
Ontario1,460
Texas1,427
North Carolina1,076
Virginia995
Ohio985
New York913
Maryland771
Louisiana696

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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