Fishing spider at Mulloon, NSW
Identification history
| Dolomedes (genus) | 16 Jan 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Dolomedes (genus) | 12 Jan 2022 | jb2602 | ||
| Unverified | 10 Jan 2022 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Very large spider found clinging to egg sac on the side of a log next to a river.
Is it some kind of water spider, or a wolf spider?
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jb2602
wrote:
12 Jan 2022
See A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia p215, Cool Rainforest Fishing Spider
Location information
- Coordinates 149.602889-35.264195
- Altitude 719.3m
- Places Mulloon, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2022 10:27 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dolomedes (genus) Water spiders (Pisauridae) Spiders
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Dolomedes (genus) Scientific name
- Fishing spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 995.6m Recorded at altitude
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