- Dolomedes minor
-
Dolomedes minor 
Female guards nursery web Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Pisauridae Genus: Dolomedes Species: D. minor Binomial name Dolomedes minor
(L. Koch, 1876)Dolomedes minor, also known as the nursery web spider, is a large fishing spider endemic to New Zealand. Female spiders can have a legspan of over 60 mm.
The spider is a pale brown colour, with lighter brown or grey stripes running along the lateral edges of the body. Other stripes and markings help it blend in with its environment, including a stripe running through the middle of its body to the middle of its abdomen - which is less prominent in its relative D. aquaticus.
Male, demonstrating the ability to walk on water
References
- Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966 - 'SPIDER, NURSERY'
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research - Dolomedes minor (Koch)
- Te Papa - Nursery Web Spiders
This spider–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
