Comments on: Small Rove Beetle, Large Fishing Spider

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:14:27 +0000

Thanks for the confirmation, B. Now I really want to find one myself, so that I can get more than one photograph.

By: B

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:54:22 +0000

The middle one is a 6 spotted fishing spider. 100% on it

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:36:29 +0000

You’re welcome. I really need to find another fishing spider for photographs, I’d like to get some better shots of the eyes. We almost caught one down by Otter Lake last spring, but it was too quick for us.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:18:28 +0000

Thank you so much for your information on local Spiders! I am currently constructing a scrapbook page highlighting all of the bugs that my children found one summer. Amongst them, a Fishing Spider, which I have been informed of many times, was a Wood Spider, and commonly a Wolf Spider. Love the info and links, thanks a bunch for helping me get the facts correct for my childrens learning.

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:11:34 +0000

I’ve always thought that wolf spiders looked like particularly cheerful fellows. Well, except for the leaping and wrapping and biting and killing part, that is.

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:41:48 +0000

Great shots and nice post. You should name the beetle “Karl.”

By: hapless

hapless — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:44:21 +0000

Morrissey (the Resident Feline) adopts a similar strategy when it comes to damselflies. V effective. I wish he wasn’t. Thank you for the link, btw.

By: Susannah

Susannah — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:47:55 +0000

I’ve noticed that about spiders and food. My Steatoda bipunctata dashes in, bites the prey, then backs off, looks it over for a few seconds, and sets about tying it up.

I take the lid off her jar, pop in the unfortunate victim, and replace the lid. Often she has her prey immobilized before the lid is tightened down.