Nurseryweb Spiders
What are they?
These are ground-living spiders that roam actively in search of prey. The group also includes the fishing spiders - species which hunt invertebrate prey on lilypads and even on the water surface itself.
Identification
Medium to large, silkily hairy spiders that differ from wolf spiders by resting with their legs outstretched and pressed against the ground, having eight eyes all of more or less the same size (two eyes larger in wolf spiders) and carrying their egg bundles in their mouth not attached to their spinnerets.
Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton
A common species of well-vegetated wetlands, where it hunts actively on the water surface and on floating vegetation. A double row of six white spots is usually prominent on the abdomen.
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Dolomedes tenebrosus
A relatively large fishing spider with conspicuously marked legs and a distinctive pattern of dark and light spots on the abdomen.
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