Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (07 August 2011). Thank you to Lynette Schimming (@Bugguide.net) for confirming the identity of thi Nursery Web Spiders and Fishing Spiders (Pisauridae family, Lycosoidea, RTA Clade, Entelegynae, Araneomorphae suborder) Pisauridae Eye Patterns (Elliott) These spiders are noted both for their ability to walk on water and for their spiderlings, which stay together until relatively large. Thank you to Lynette Schimming (@Bugguide.net) for confirming the identity of this specimen! The Dark Fishing spider's Deadly Mating Game - ScienceTake | The New York Times The New York Times : About Published on Oct 1, 2013. For male spiders, mating with a larger, hungry female can be a risky Hi, these are often mistaken for wolf spiders, this is called a dark fishing spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus. A member of the nursery web spider family. They can get intimidatingly big but really harmless gentle giants. Dark fishing spiders physical identification and size, do they bite, are they poisonous. Dark fishing spiders physical identification and size, do they bite, are they poisonous Bugguide.net, Spiderbytes.org. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required While BugGuide.net is popular, it only pertains to arthropods in the U.S. and Canada. For bugs outside the U.S. and Canada, try to search for a guide specific to that region. For example, if you want to ID a butterfly from Brazil, this would be a great guide. In BugGuide.net, click on the "Browse" tab to switch to an ID-friendly, taxonomic view. This Spider Guide section is to list types of spiders to help me with rankings. Listing spider names, like the Brown Recluse, Black Widow, Wolf Spider, Grass Spider, Gard Orb Weaver, Tarantula, Sac Spiders and other arachnids will help the Spider Guide be found in searches. She's the largest spider I've got. When I first received her she was two molts away from maturityat that point I