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title: "Araña pescadora oscura"
description: "Dolomedes tenebrosus — Insectos y arañas. Dolomedes tenebrosus, known as the dark fishing spider, is a species of fishing spider found in the United States and Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/dark-fishing-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Araña pescadora oscura

> Dolomedes tenebrosus — Insectos y arañas. Dolomedes tenebrosus, known as the dark fishing spider, is a species of fishing spider found in the United States and Canada.

- Scientific name: *Dolomedes tenebrosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 50480
- Wikidata: [Q289663](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289663)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82117](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82117)

## Names

- en: Dark Fishing Spider
- es: Araña pescadora oscura
- fr: Araignée d'eau vagabonde

## Countries with the most observations

US (31115), CA (8638)

## Summary

Dolomedes tenebrosus, known as the dark fishing spider, is a species of fishing spider found in the United States and Canada. Despite belonging to Dolomedes, it is better described as a "tree-dwelling spider".

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

## Photo

![Araña pescadora oscura](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-fishing-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: adrozdowicz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41459027

## Machine access

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