Fishing Spider

Rob Keeble

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GTA Ontario Canada
Just getting round to sorting some of my pics from a recent trip camping and fishing.

While on the float tube we saw a large spider hopping around on the water.

Well couple of days later when i did some photography around the lake and camp i came across this mother carrying an egg sack on the steps of the beach area. Was a very quiet beach and if one was not alert you would never have noticed her sitting on the beam.

I looked up info on this spider and its quiet normal for the area and its common name is fishing spider because it is known to be able to grab tiny fish. Harmless to humans though picked up and squeezed it can bite.

Scampered away after i tried to get her to move to get a different type of shot.

Would be nice to post the full size file that way you can zoom the image and see more detail

Spider.jpg
 
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