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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4--933705481 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Looks like Dolomedes scriptus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/164840/bgimage On 10-Jul-08, at 10:28 PM, Phil & Maria Forman wrote: > I've seen some spiders in my time, but never one this big! The > body had to be about 3/4" long, and from tip of front legs to tip > of back legs was 2 1/2" to 3". We found it on our deck and it hung > around for a couple of days...then I painted my deck and we haven't > seen it since. It would have been nice to have a ruler in the > picture, but the darn thing moved like lightening! Anyone have any > idea what type of spider this might be? We've lived here for 25 > years and never seen one like this before. I have an Audubon Field > Guide to Insects & Spiders, and the only thing it comes close to as > far as I can tell is a "fishing spider" > Hopefully this link works!!! > > http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2446293130101775065ssvWrX > > Maria Forman > Debert NS --Apple-Mail-4--933705481 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Looks like Dolomedes scriptus:<div><a = href=3D"http://bugguide.net/node/view/164840/bgimage">http://bugguide.net/= node/view/164840/bgimage</a><br><div><br><div><div>On 10-Jul-08, at = 10:28 PM, Phil & Maria Forman wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I've seen some spiders in my time, but never one = this big!<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>The body had = to be about 3/4" long, and from tip of front legs to tip of back legs = was 2 1/2" to 3".<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>We = found it on our deck and it hung around for a couple of days...then I = painted my deck and we haven't seen it since.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>It would have been nice to = have a ruler in the picture, but the darn thing moved like lightening! = Anyone have any idea what type of spider this might be?<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>We've lived here for 25 years = and never seen one like this before.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>I have an Audubon Field Guide = to Insects & Spiders, and the only thing it comes close to as far as = I can tell is a "fishing spider"</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hopefully = this link works!!!</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2446293130101775065ssvWrX</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Maria = Forman</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Debert NS</div> = </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; = text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; = orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertic