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Dark Fishing Spider

dolomedes tenebrosus

The Dark Fishing Spider is a fascinating creature that loves to hang out near water! It can even walk on the surface of the water to catch its food!

Lebensraum: Wetlands, ponds, and streams

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The Dark Fishing Spider is a large, hairy spider with a mottled brown and grey body. It has pale stripes along the sides of its cephalothorax and distinct dark bands on its long legs, making it blend well with its natural surroundings near water.

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Dark Fishing Spider
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Dark Fishing Spider

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

After hatching, spiderlings are guarded in a special 'nursery web' spun by their mother for a few weeks!

Female Dark Fishing Spiders carry their precious egg sac in their jaws until the spiderlings are ready to hatch!

Instead of webs, these spiders hunt their prey by ambushing them near or on the water's surface!

These fascinating spiders have eight eyes, but some of them glow brightly when a flashlight shines on them at night!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Water Skater

Dark Fishing Spiders can walk and run on water because of special hairs on their legs that repel water, helping them hunt.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Diver

Dark Fishing Spiders can dive and stay underwater for long periods, bringing an air bubble with them for breathing.

Fähigkeit

Vibration Hunter

Dark Fishing Spiders have super sensitive leg hairs that detect tiny vibrations on the water's surface, helping them find prey.

Maße und Details

Länge
2 cm
Leg Span
8 cm
Gewicht
0.5 g
Lebenserwartung
2 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

These awesome spiders eat a variety of insects and small aquatic animals found in or near water.

Hauptnahrung

  • water striders
  • dragonflies
  • mosquitoes
  • small fish
  • tadpoles
  • small frogs

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

Small fish caught from water surface.

hunts

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

Preys on tadpoles and small froglets.

eaten by

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Birds can spot and eat spiders near water.

eaten by

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Generalist predators consuming spiders.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Dark SpiderFishing SpiderWater Spider

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always observe spiders from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Dark Fishing Spider?

2 cm

Was ist der/die/das leg Span von Dark Fishing Spider?

8 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Dark Fishing Spider?

0.5 g

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Dark Fishing Spider?

2 Jahre

Was frisst Dark Fishing Spider?

These awesome spiders eat a variety of insects and small aquatic animals found in or near water.

Wo findet man Dark Fishing Spider normalerweise?

Wetlands, ponds, and streams

Wie jagt Dark Fishing Spider?

Ambush

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