Talk:Dolomedes

Identification
The picture of Dolomedes scriptus looks very much like a female Dolomedes tenebrosus Has this picture been verified? Dolomedes 00:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


 * It could very well be Dolomedes tenebrosus. I based the ID on examples on iNaturalist and eye-set.  I don't have the confidence or expertise to bring it to a species level.  I'm unfortunately not a biologist, I just take pictures. WanderingMogwai (talk) 19:25, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Merge of Fishing spiders of New Zealand into Dolomedes
I suggest merging Fishing spiders of New Zealand into Dolomedes.

The NZ spiders are all members of the Dolomedes genus. Almost all the material relating to the NZ species also applies to the genus as a whole. I can't see a reason at present to have the NZ species separated out into a separate article – and if they were, it ought to contain only material unique to these species or locality. The material itself is very good, and would enhance the Dolomedes article a lot. Any thoughts? Richard New Forest (talk) 20:54, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge, absolutely. GrahamBould (talk) 07:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Done. Richard New Forest (talk) 15:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

New Section?
I think the sections "North America", "Europe", "New Zealand" should be subsections of a new section: Distribution. Comments? Nutster (talk) 14:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

No comments, so I created it Nutster (talk) 19:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

do spiders that eat aquatic animals taste like crabs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.14.27 (talk) 04:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Males die after copulation
I encourage my arachnid-loving Wikipedia editors to include the newest data about male Dolomedes spiders apparently dying after introducing sperm into the female's body using their pedipalp. See this article: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/scienceshot-spider-dies-from-sex.html


 * Great study and glad it was included. As written it generalized the single species study to the genus.  I rewrote it narrowing the phenomenon to just one species.

Six-Spotted spiders are Dolomedes, right?
According to another wiki article, the Six-spotted fishing spider is Dolomedes triton. The article makes it sound as if this spider is not a member of the genus: "... when they detect the ripples from prey, they run across the surface to subdue it using their foremost legs, which are tipped with small claws; like other spiders they then inject venom with their hollow jaws to kill and digest the prey. They mainly eat insects, but some larger species are able to catch small fish. They can also climb beneath the water, when they become encased in a silvery film of air. Six-spotted spiders can also walk on water to get their prey." Is there another six-spotted spider that isn't a member of this genus, or was this an error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by IAmNitpicking (talk • contribs) 20:47, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

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D. tenebrosus
The Dolomedes tenebrosus article says that species is arboreal, like Dolomedes albineus. This article disagrees, saying only D. albineus is arboreal. IAmNitpicking (talk) IAmNitpicking (talk) 19:15, 9 August 2022 (UTC)