Ohio hosts about a half-dozen species of fishing spiders, and later research showed this one to be the banded fishing spider (Dolomedes vittatus). As spiders go, this is a big ‘un.

Here are five of the biggest types of spiders in South Carolina, how huge they can get and if they are dangerous to people.

A fishing spider found on a basement floor got the columnist and his grandson looking for a jar big enough to contain it, writes Dana Wilde. Posted June 26, 2024 Updated June 26, 2024 ...

The white-banded fishing spider On Sept. 7, 2013, I was with a group of colleagues late at night in the wilds of Adams County. We were seeking caterpillars, and thus inspecting vegetation with ...

Six-Spotted Fishing Spider Scientific Name: Dolomedes triton. The six-spotted fishing spider can grow up to 2.4 inches in length. Females are larger than males.

While on the hunt for amphibians, a creature with more than a few legs caught the attention of Jim McCormac and his group.

The dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is arguably the biggest spider in South Carolina. A fishing spider is on top of a dead fishing spider on the Waccamaw River on Thursday, April 27, 2017.

A diver was swimming amid thousands of spider crabs off the coast of Victoria, Australia, when she noticed that one of them was trapped by the leg in a fishing line.

This Terrifying Spider Hunts Fish Underwater. If the prospect of a spider that catches fish wasn't scary enough, the fishing spider is disturbingly well-adapted to its task.