Fishing spider ( Dolomedes ), female by larose forest photos

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23-Aug-2025	Christine Hanrahan

This beautiful spider is fairly large, but entirely harmless.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/60s f/2.8 at 4.5mm iso250 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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carol j. phipps		02-Sep-2025 19:02
Looks large. Glad to know harmless. V

globalgadabout		01-Sep-2025 16:54
a dusky character for sure...superb shot too..

Earl Misanchuk		01-Sep-2025 12:12
Very nice work. V

pkocinski		01-Sep-2025 11:47
Great capture!

Isabel Cutler		01-Sep-2025 11:37
Marvelous! V.

hayl		01-Sep-2025 11:10
Super photo. We called these "wharf spiders" as that's where we'd see them at the cottage.

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		01-Sep-2025 05:04
Great sharp and detailed shot of this impressive spider. V

Don		01-Sep-2025 03:19
Looks very like our Huntsman spiders, perhaps a bit thicker in the legs, but I see they are in different families.

Trent Watts		01-Sep-2025 03:19
Nice shot. I have never seen one of these that I know of.

joseantonio		01-Sep-2025 02:50
great find and nice and detailed capture.V.

Nirvan Hope		01-Sep-2025 01:49
Great close-up! Good to have the knowledge of what's harmless and what isn't!

Carl Carbone		01-Sep-2025 01:27
Wow! Great find and close-up.

Dan Opdal		01-Sep-2025 01:22
Wonderful sharp close-up, Christine! V

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