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Montague, Massachusetts
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I managed to get it (finally) to pose on an uncluttered background. After these last few photos, I allowed it to race off. (No invertebrate is safe around my house--anything interesting has to pose for photos before being removed to safety.)PCCA20080414-0314A1
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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AKA Raft Spider.This is a semi aquatic spider, here depicted in it's hunting pose. They are so big that they're easily able to break the surface tension and hide underwater if need be. This one is about 5cm long.Taken with Canon FD 100mm F4 Macro.
Dolomede fimbriatus 1
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Fjeld Skov
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Lille Vildmose, Denmark
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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I'm not much of an arthropod* guy, but if I had to pick a favorite, I'd go with arachnids.We met while I was prowling through the stands of cypress that run along the edge of the run. It was perched on a trunk about 3 feet above the water's surface. If it hadn't stirred, and wasn't so big that it's hard to miss, I never would have seen it.Luckily I didn't spook it, and even better; it didn't jump in the boat.After a little research, I've tentatively identified this as a fishing spider, specifically Dolomedes tenebrosus, but I'm no expert, so a confirmation would be very helpful.I was initially advised that it might be a wolf spider, but I found out that they have three rows of eyes, while fishing spiders have only two rows of four each. Morrison Springs RunMorrison Springs County ParkWalton County, Florida, USAFishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOLYMPUS M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
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New Paltz, NY (July 28, 2013)
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Montoliu de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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Hurn, England, United Kingdom
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This is a female nursery web spider clutching her egg sac with her chelicerae. The eye arrangement is distinctive to this family of spiders, which includes the 'fishing spiders'.
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Fjeld Skov
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Kielstrup Sø, Jylland, Danmark
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Generally, I'm not that comfortable around anything with more than seven eyes, but this one has a certain something.We had a tacit agreement: it wasn't going to hop in the boat with me, and I would only take a bunch of pictures of it. I've tentatively identified this as a fishing spider, specifically Dolomedes tenebrosus, but I'm no arachnid-o-logist, so a confirmation would be very helpful.Morrison Springs RunMorrison Springs County ParkWalton County, Florida, USAFishing SpiderDolomedes tenebrosusOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOLYMPUS M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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New Paltz, NY (July 28, 2013)
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Montoliu de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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Coldharbour, England, United Kingdom
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Fjeld Skov
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Rebild Bakker, Jylland, Danmark