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title: "Six-spotted Fishing Spider"
description: "Dolomedes triton — Owady i pająki. The six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) is a species of spider in the family Dolomedidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/six-spotted-fishing-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Six-spotted Fishing Spider

> Dolomedes triton — Owady i pająki. The six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) is a species of spider in the family Dolomedidae.

- Scientific name: *Dolomedes triton*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 19152
- Wikidata: [Q50803359](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50803359)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121437](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121437)

## Names

- en: Six-spotted Fishing Spider
- de: Sechspunkt-Jagdspinne
- es: Araña pescadora
- fr: Araignée d'eau à points blancs

## Countries with the most observations

US (15078), CA (1927), MX (74), HT (3)

## Summary

The six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) is a species of spider in the family Dolomedidae. Found in wetland habitats throughout North America, these spiders are usually seen scampering along the surface of ponds and other bodies of water. They are also referred to as dock spiders because they can sometimes be witnessed quickly vanishing through the cracks of boat docks. D. triton gets its scientific name from the Greek mythological god Triton, who is the messenger of the big sea and the son of Poseidon.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Alan Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26397053

## Machine access

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