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June 2012 Ann Pettigrew

Unknown Spider

Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, MA

This very large spider was on the side of our cottage one night. He would have spanned my lens cap had I had the nerve to coax him onto it for size comparison. He has lost two legs at some point but did not seem hindered by that.

If anyone can identify the species please feel free to let me know as I cannot seem to find it in my guides. Thanks!

Nikon D80 ,Nikon Micro 60 mm VR

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Pierre12-Jul-2012 01:47
Une très belle trouvaille et une image splendide! V
Sam Rua11-Jul-2012 20:51
This might be some sort of Fishing Spider, Family Pisauridae, genus Dolomedes --- based on my quick research of the eye pattern from the resource below:

http://www.spiders.us/articles/identification/
Stephanie11-Jul-2012 10:50
Incredible capture Ann!!! Interesting to see that it's missing 2 legs.... V
MarcViskens11-Jul-2012 06:30
beautiful macro
isn't she missing some legs?
Marc
larose forest photos11-Jul-2012 03:33
Gorgeous shot and he does seem huge, and very pretty too. Offhand, I have no idea what this species is.
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