both photos are scriptus.
That's what I was figuring thanks for the opinion. Every night I go out I seem to find bigger ones different areas I caught one last night with a 3.5 leg span one got away that was even larger
scriptus rival tenebs in size. i have collected large females with body lengths of 25 mm and 20 cm leg-spans. ID tips: the median lines behind the eyes and the median line running down the middle of the carapace are good field marks to use. Most are grayish in color but dark gray individuals are not uncommon. Also, unlike tenebs, they hop across the water when disturbed @ night and as you mentioned, you are searching large river bank habitat. You will not find scriptus far from water. They require cool moist habitat.That's what I was figuring thanks for the opinion. Every night I go out I seem to find bigger ones different areas I caught one last night with a 3.5 leg span one got away that was even larger
Going out tonight to see if I can find a larger one.
The largest fishing spider I have ever had was a dolomedes okefinokensis she was just shy of 6 inch legspan
oops. No, 4.5 inch legspan tops for script or tenebs that I have seen. vittatus and triton reach 4 + inch legspan as well. okefinokensis are the most impressive. I have seen them in Florida a few times.
found this girl May 18th of 2015. 25 mm body length, 4 + inch legspan. she was anchored to tree root with legs stretched out in fast-flowing stream
Will do. I have to go to specific spots for scriptus. What other spiders are you running across on your nightly outings? tenebs and albineus are common in deciduous forest, vitattus are in cool woodland ravines and along creeks and streams. triton occupy just about every body of water. scriptus is the least common of the Dolomedes in my neck of the woods. But when I do find them , they are the most common species along specific sections of waterways.
Cool software result. I talked to a Dolomedes researcher out of TX and she believes it is possible that teneb and okefinok's should be put in a genus of their own. Na, I am some 700 miles north of Florida. carolinensis are awesome. I have only found them in sandy pine woods in northern Michigan. I have kept Ctenus captiosus wandering spiders but no Phoneutria for me. Dolomedes striatus is in Minnesota. That would be a jewel to find.