Dolomedes sp. (genus)

1 Fishing spider at Bald Hills, NSW

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Unidentified

3 Feb 2019

JulesPhotographer

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Sitting on a lily pad, this spider pounced on an unlucky dragonfly. Approx 3cm long body and longest span across, from leg tip to leg tip, was around 5cm

7 comments

KerriLee wrote:

11 Feb 2019

Very interesting observation Jules! It looks like a 'water spider' ... family Pisauridae. In fact, it looks rather like Dolomedes facetus, but that species is from northern QLD.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:86865377-c7b9-4340-8182-ccae52b72d5a#gallery

JulesPhotographer wrote:

16 Feb 2019

Thank you KerriLee.. it is difficult to see in these photos due to compression, but it does have the spiky legs like the Dolomedes facetus, but is not hairy like this one, rather it's legs look almost transparent with a green tinge. The body shape and markings are almost identical!

KerriLee wrote:

16 Feb 2019

Are you able to crop in on the original image and then upload? It might help overcome the compression effect. Wonderful shots, by the way!

JulesPhotographer wrote:

16 Feb 2019

Thanks KerriLee! Will see what I can do with it to enhance the legs. Unfortunately it has been cropped quite a bit already as it was floating out in the dam, some distance from the side. If I can get a better result by editing I'll post asap!

JulesPhotographer wrote:

17 Feb 2019

Have updated, hoping it helps :)

KerriLee wrote:

17 Feb 2019

I think we can call this to genus ... Dolomedes sp. It's a very close match to several sightings on the ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:27d0b292-089c-4794-9f65-cfc2b51f89e1#gallery
Well done!

JulesPhotographer wrote:

18 Feb 2019

Excellent! Thanks KerriLee

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