Out fishing with my grandson. I looked down and saw what I thought was the discarded husk of a dragonfly larvae. When I pointed it out my grandson, he of much sharper eyes, said "WOLF SPIDER"!
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Seldom do I question his Junior Naturalist Cred, as he is already smarter than me. But in this case he was wrong. This is a Dark Fishing Spider.
This is a photo from somebody braver than I. The bite of these spiders is equivalent to a wasp sting. Usually they scamper away from humans. But I imagine the specimen we encountered, which was guarding an egg sac, would turn and fight with little provocation. If for some reason way beyond me you want to know more about these little horrors here's your chance.......
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