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Banded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes
vittatus) 072908
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photo on the right (enlarged on the
far right to show details of the abdomen and cephalothorax) was taken by
E. Ferdinandi, in Helotes, Texas. The banded fishing spider (vittatus
is from the Latin root vitta, meaning "band") is a medium-sized
stream-dwelling spider. Most adults have a leg span of three inches
or less. The median carapace has a pair of dark wedges that widen at the
cephalic groove, and narrow backward along the thoracic furrow. Radial
furrows are marked with darkened pubescence. The abdomen has three
distinct pale spots on each side of its posterior half. These connect
laterally across the dorsal abdomen via thin dark bands. The eyes are
exposed, unlike those of the dark and whitebanded fishing spiders.
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TERMITE ENCOUNTERS *
SNAKE ENCOUNTERS * SNAKE
BITE FIRST AID *
SNAKE
EXCLUSION *
SPIDER
ENCOUNTERS *
SPIDER
BITE FIRST AID *
SPIDER
EXTERMINATION
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PUSS CATERPILLAR ENCOUNTERS *
PUSS CATERPILLAR FIRST AID *
PUSS CATERPILLAR EXTERMINATION
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