left, Regional color variation of the white-banded fishing spider, with a white face
''Dolomedes albineus'', the white-banded fishing spider, is a species of
nursery web spider
Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. They resemble wolf spiders (Lycosidae) except for several key differences. Wolf spiders have two very prominent eyes in addition to the o ...
in the family
Pisauridae.
[ It is found in the United States.][ Like most '' Dolomedes'', this spider tends to hunt at or in streams and ponds. It has special hairs that repel water, allowing it to walk on water, and trap an air bubble on its abdomen to dive and swim, so that it can hunt tadpoles and aquatic invertebrates.Fishing Spiders 101]
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Spiders described in 1845
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