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Six-spotted fishing spider : ウィキペディア英語版 | Six-spotted fishing spider
The six-spotted fishing spider, ''Dolomedes triton'', is an arachnid from the nursery web spider family Pisauridae. This species is from the genus ''Dolomedes'', the fishing spiders. This species of fishing spider is named after the mythological Greek god Triton who is the messenger of the big sea and the son of Poseidon.〔(Species ''Dolomedes triton'' – Sixspotted Fishing Spider ), BugGuide〕 These spiders can be seen scampering along the water’s surface when a person walks by in which they are often referred to as dock spiders because they are often witnessed as they quickly vanish through the cracks of a boat dock. == Description == This spider can be identified by its large size and distinctive markings. They have eight eyes with good vision and the body is grey to brown. They have a white to a pale cream colored stripe running down each side of the cephalothorax. The abdomen has many light colored spots and also has light colored lines running down the sides of the abdomen. When this species is seen from below, there are six dark spots present on the bottom of the cephalothorax in which the common name is derived.〔 Like many spiders, this species shows sexual dimorphism.〔(Sixspotted Fishing Spider )〕 The female is larger than the male. The female is about long including the legs; her body length is and the male's body is long.〔(Sixspotted Fishing Spider )〕 The juvenile spiders look similar to adults but are smaller and they go through a series of molts within their lifetime to grow and reach adult size.
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