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Striped Fishing Spider

Dolomedes scriptus

13,193 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 104, February 107, March 169, April 332, May 637, June 299, July 391, August 441, September 214, October 175, November 109, December 98.
United States7,558
Canada4,426
Ontario2,488
New York1,046
Quebec713
Maine503
Pennsylvania476
Minnesota426
Virginia415
New Hampshire395

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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