ID this spider

Steven

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Yep another ID Question,... :8o ;)

someone can put a name on this little cutie
which i've found on my gardenhouse door ?

(it can take down a cricket twice its own size :clap: )


 

Venom

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That's a Dolomedes genus fishing spider I believe.
 

SebastianH

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Hi Steven,

could you post pix of the eye positions?
Greetings,
Sebastian :D
 

Steven

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SebastianH said:
Hi Steven,

could you post pix of the eye positions?
Greetings,
Sebastian :D
Sebastian,... it's only 5mm orso,... and i don't have such a great digicam,...
:eek:

any chance it's a Pisaura :?
 

Spaceman_Spiff

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Have you caught it in Belgium?
I believe it's a Pisauridae.
It could be a juvenile Pisaura mirabilis.

regards
Bernhard
 

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I'm pretty sure it's P.mirabilis, I've found pictures of greyish ones, here where I live they are more yellowish!
 
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