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title: "Striped Fishing Spider"
description: "Dolomedes scriptus — Insects & spiders. Dolomedes scriptus is a fishing spider found in the United States and Canada, known as the striped fishing spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/striped-fishing-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Striped Fishing Spider

> Dolomedes scriptus — Insects & spiders. Dolomedes scriptus is a fishing spider found in the United States and Canada, known as the striped fishing spider.

- Scientific name: *Dolomedes scriptus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 12895
- Wikidata: [Q2600866](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2600866)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143293](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143293)

## Names

- en: Striped Fishing Spider
- fr: Araignée d'eau grise

## Countries with the most observations

US (7114), CA (3731)

## Summary

Dolomedes scriptus is a fishing spider found in the United States and Canada, known as the striped fishing spider. Female spiders can grow to be over 6 cm in legspan. The spider is a pale brown colour with lighter stripes around its legs and a stripe down each side of the body. It is similar to D. tenebrosus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomedes_scriptus

## Photo

![Striped Fishing Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-fishing-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301924298

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/striped-fishing-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).