D. tenebrosus

[wolfs79]

Hopefully my dark fishing spider drops a sac soon she mated about a month ago fingers crossed !

 

[Isaax Critterz]

With the correct temperature\humidity requirements, your spider could make an egg sac soon...but I'm not sure fishing spiders need humidity in the first place.

 

[wolfs79]

With the correct temperature\humidity requirements, your spider could make an egg sac soon...but I'm not sure fishing spiders need humidity in the first place.

Update! Fingers crossed I did introduce male to her about a month or so ago saw them locked she ate him afterwards this sac should be good to go fingers crossed!

 

[wolfs79]

Well not sure what happened they did breed she laid sac no good unfortunately.

I took her back to the area I originally collected her from and released her.

Today went back to my hunting spot I found a massive dark fishing spider high up in a tree hollow I tried for an hour to get her but she went deeper into a crevice! She was at least 4.5"

I did mange to collect a nice mature female about 3.5" and nice sub adult male! Here's pics of them. I'll try and breed these guy's hopefully next month. Tonight I am going out to collect some scriptus I usually find a huge female plentiful at my local river.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Well not sure what happened they did breed she laid sac no good unfortunately.

I took her back to the area I originally collected her from and released her.

Today went back to my hunting spot I found a massive dark fishing spider high up in a tree hollow I tried for an hour to get her but she went deeper into a crevice! She was at least 4.5"

I did mange to collect a nice mature female about 3.5" and nice sub adult male! Here's pics of them. I'll try and breed these guy's hopefully next month. Tonight I am going out to collect some scriptus I usually find a huge female plentiful at my local river.

Wow what state do you find these in ? I swore ages ago I saw a huge fishing spider in Ohio . But it was so fast I couldn’t catch it or let alone get more then seeing a blur . My closest park doesn’t have them . Not seen any in forever . Seen a few nursery web spiders .

 

[wolfs79]

Wow what state do you find these in ? I swore ages ago I saw a huge fishing spider in Ohio . But it was so fast I couldn’t catch it or let alone get more then seeing a blur . My closest park doesn’t have them . Not seen any in forever . Seen a few nursery web spiders .

I'm in Minnesota. I just go to a woods that's near a lake they are fairly easy to find sometimes I get bad luck.. Much easier to find at night.


Just got back from my local river and not even 15 minutes and I found a huge female scriptus close to 4" and there's bigger ones out there. Also found a nice sub adult male possible she's already mated but if not I'll have a male for her!

 

[wolfs79]

Wow what state do you find these in ? I swore ages ago I saw a huge fishing spider in Ohio . But it was so fast I couldn’t catch it or let alone get more then seeing a blur . My closest park doesn’t have them . Not seen any in forever . Seen a few nursery web spiders .

If your from Ohio they should be plentiful there D tenebrosus and scriptus you even have Vittatus as well I don't unfortunately.


Dark fishing spiders little tricky to find check tree hollows under larger logs etc.

It took me long time to find my first one because I wasn't looking in the right habitat . Once I had the right habitat can find them easy. Best to wait until dark to look for eye shine little easier.

Dolomedes scriptus super easy to find just after it gets dark they come out on the large rocks along the river hunting / waiting for food .

I use a bright flashlight color the lens with red marker that way it doesn't startle them / they are fast no doubt.

 

[Jgolden357]

Hey guys I saved this one from being killed by my brother. My son used his phone to take a picture and do the Google photo to search what it was. Everything is saying it's dolomedes tenebrosus. But I'm not sure now after seeing more pics, any help identifying this one would be much appreciated.

 

[loxoscelesfear]

Hey guys I saved this one from being killed by my brother. My son used his phone to take a picture and do the Google photo to search what it was. Everything is saying it's dolomedes tenebrosus. But I'm not sure now after seeing more pics, any help identifying this one would be much appreciated.

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