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Hi, I found this guy on my garage wall behind some plywood this morning. I was very shocked because of his size (approx3" across). I found your site and am pretty sure this is a fishing spider. I thought you might like to have this photo I took of him eating a beetle. It turned out quite well and you can get a feel for the size of the spider. The plywood in the bottom of the photo is 1" thick.
Mike
Hi Mike,
We have been getting numerour requests for the identification of Dolomedes Fishing Spiders in the last several weeks. Though called Fishing Spiders, many specimens are found far from water and only catch crawing and flying prey.
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