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Fishing Spider with Spiderlings

Posted by September 9th, 2009 at 8:38 am

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Nursery Web Spiders

Spider, nursery web, egg sack
September 7, 2009
I photographed this spider near a creek in Maple Grove, MN – at the Maple Grove Arboretum.
Michelle Whitney
Maple Grove MN

Fishing Spider with Egg Sac

Fishing Spider with Egg Sac

Hi Michelle,
Your spider is a Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus.  Her eggs have hatched and it appears that some of the spiderlings may have already molted.

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