Fishing Spider Found on Ewaso Nyiro River
Category: Insects | Date: Oct 04 2007 | By: tumaren
While swimming down on the river I ran into this interesting fishing spider in a small pool of water in a large rockoutcrop. the pool had mosquito larvae and when i found the spider he was totally submerged trying to hid underneath a rock. his movements under water were identical to a crab and when he emerged to the surface after some coaxing he appeared totally dry. Very Cool.
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3 Responses to “Fishing Spider Found on Ewaso Nyiro River”
Christine C., on 04 Oct 2007
Oh my goodness…how BIG is that spider??? Do they actually eat small fish or are they called that because they dwell in the water and eat aquatic bugs and larva?
James, on 08 Oct 2007
he is about 3 inches across and i do know that the fishing spiders that i photographed in the states of the genus Dolomedes do actively eat little fish as well as larva and bugs. I would expect that this species also will take a small fish just as large dragonfly larvae and water scorpions will too. jamie
Ben, on 18 Sep 2009
i caught one in a river also in oklahoma. the Illonis river that is!!
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