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A photo by Stewart Taylor (from Summers 2018 (*Abernethy Forest)
Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) McCommas BluffTrinity River Trail, Dallas, Texas, USA. 29 March 2025 www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82117-Dolomedes-tenebrosus
Fishing Spider (Dolomedes mizhoanus).
Photo by Nick Dobbs, 15-04-2025 Langkawi, Malaysia
This is a raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus). It is very easy to tell that this is a small juvenile which I found atop this which I found atop this white flower which I for the life of me can't figure out what it is.
The tell is the green legs. Young raft spiders have these green legs and when they turn into adults, the body of it will take on a darker brown and the legs will turn into the same hue - still with that nice white stripe along the side.
As an adult, this is a species which is comfortable around water and will run effortlessly over the surface. Spiderlings like this one can however be found quite far from open water.
This is a two-exposure focus stack for a little extra depth of field.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51835477065/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52454334525/
Every summer in my mother-in-law's garden outside Härnösand, Sweden, I keep finding juvenile raft spiders (Dolomedes fimbriatus).
Just once in all the year's I've been there have I found an adult one though - which is a shame as they are about as large as spiders in Sweden get which always makes for cool shots.
This female, which jumped out of a corn/maize plant on the patio when my wife was watering it might be the closest to adult after that though.
Unlike the wolf spiders we find there all the time, she wasn't at all interested in running down in the gaps between the planks and just stayed still - which I of course immediately took advantage of and snapped away with the camera.
This is an uncropped 50 megapixel shot so you should be able to zoom in quite a lot and see some nice detail on those eyes.
Part 1, more from the front, can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52285411716/
Part 2, from the side, here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52499545556/
Part 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52600253426/
Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52992806392/
Part 5 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53217785666/
Part 6 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53934101075/
Part 7 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53506374438/
Here is a friendly young raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) I met in the Mjällådalen nature reserve in August (of 2023).
As juveniles, these guys have greenish legs (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52986368019/) but as adults, the legs darken into the same brown as the body (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/29583270096/)
This one appears to be somewhere in between.
For a shot of the same spider on my fingertip, please have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53608128894/
On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland. (First record at this site and second BSCG Strathspey find in March 2025 but first 2025 Strathspey find in daylight). Presumably an immature - away from properly aquatic habitat with obvious pools).
On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland. (First record at this site and second BSCG Strathspey find in March 2025 but first 2025 Strathspey find in daylight). Presumably an immature - away from properly aquatic habitat with obvious pools).
On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland. (First record at this site and second BSCG Strathspey find in March 2025 but first 2025 Strathspey find in daylight). Presumably an immature - away from properly aquatic habitat with obvious pools).
On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland. (First record at this site and second BSCG Strathspey find in March 2025 but first 2025 Strathspey find in daylight). Presumably an immature - away from properly aquatic habitat with obvious pools).
On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland. (First record at this site and second BSCG Strathspey find in March 2025 but first 2025 Strathspey find in daylight). Presumably an immature - away from properly aquatic habitat with obvious pools).
On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland. (First record at this site and second BSCG Strathspey find in March 2025 but first 2025 Strathspey find in daylight). Presumably an immature - away from properly aquatic habitat with obvious pools).
Tallest broken off grass stem ( first seen before switching sides & presumably above ground to benefit from sun's warmth rather than seeking to ambush prey).
Strathspey, Scotland.
Strathspey, Scotland.
Strathspey, Scotland.
Strathspey, Scotland.
Strathspey, Scotland.