Sixspotted Fishing Spider
Dolomedes triton
The sixspotted fishing spider inhabits the edges of quiet freshwater ponds, marshes, and streams across eastern North America. It waits on floating vegetation or at the shoreline, hunting aquatic insects, tadpoles, and occasionally small fish. Water-repellent leg hairs let it run across the surface and even dive beneath it to escape danger or pursue prey.
- Type
- Water
- Conservation status
- NE