Gorgeous mama defends her egg sack. Saugerties New York. Pretty sure she's a Dark Fishing Spider, no ID needed, just wanted to share. : r/spiders
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Fishing spiders (family Pisauridae)
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Spectacular Spiders: The Dark Fishing Spider – Nature Notes
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PDF) Civic Ecology Stories About Love of Life, Love of Place
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Fishing Spiders: A Primer - New York Almanack
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Time to leave home — Life in a Southern Forest
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Dark Fishing Spider Update SHE ATE HER EGG SAC!!!
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Fishing spiders (family Pisauridae)
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Research
What kind of spider is this? I live in Indiana - Ask Extension
Dark Fishing Spider
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A female dark fishing spider carrying an egg sack I saw a while
Dark Fishing Spider
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Spider found in grandma's basement. Upstate NY. Set him outside
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The garden spider that lives on my porch with her freshly spun egg