id please...dolomedes triton?

[spider pest]

wc today in south nj at a small lake. was about to scoop up a bunch of very small fishing spiders and found this one by total accident. nice!

 

[Moltar]

It reminds me of a Pisaura. I'm not particularly good with trues tho'. Cool bug, in any case.

 

[zonbonzovi]

A 'lil blurry, but it certainly could be: http://bugguide.net/node/view/206647

 

[GiantVinegaroon]

It reminds me of a Pisaura. I'm not particularly good with trues tho'. Cool bug, in any case.

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Sorry...pet peeve of mine

Looks like one to me. Have you found any more since then?

 

[cacoseraph]

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Sorry...pet peeve of mine

Looks like one to me. Have you found any more since then?

you're only allowed to be annoyed at calling a spider a bug if you only call insects in the order Heteroptera bugs =P

 

[loxoscelesfear]

triton. of all the fishers, these guys seem to be most restricted to the lake/stream habitat itself.

 

[GiantVinegaroon]

you're only allowed to be annoyed at calling a spider a bug if you only call insects in the order Heteroptera bugs =P

I know Heteroptera are true bugs...does that count? lol

Holy smokes that girl is fat! Egg sac on the way maybe?

 

[spider pest]

Haven't seen anymore big ones. There are tons of little guys out there, but I don't know if they're slings/juvies or just a smaller species. Lots of small wolves as well.

I was wondering if she's gravid too. She has yet to eat. Will they build their nursery webs before or after they make a sac?

I'm new to hunting fishing spiders this year and I'm hoping to find some giants. If you find a bunch of tritons, are other big species usually nearby?

Thanks!

 

[spider pest]

better picture

She ate 2 small crickets at the same time last night. Hoping for a sac!

 

[ErikWestblom]

They sure are beautiful! I'm gonna sneak a Dolomedes fimbriatus, or even better, if I can find one, Dolomedes plantarius past my girlfriend. She thinks I have too many spiders now... But one or a dozen more can't hurt, right?

 

[syndicate]

Looks like D.triton to me!
Nice find!