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- This page contains pictures and information about Water Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Image thanks to Peter Liley, Sunshine Coast.
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- The spiders in this family live at water edge of creeks and ponds. They are
sometimes called Nursery Web or Fishing Spiders. They can
run across water surface and dive under water after prey, including small fish. They may look like Wolf Spiders, actually they are close relatives. Water
Spiders have eight eyes on their head in two rows of four and about the same
size.
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 - Eyes in two row of four
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- Water Spiders are sometimes seen putting some of their legs on the water
surface. We believed they were sensing if there
is any prey passing by, just like the Web
Building Spider sensing prey on their web.
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- Common Water Spider
  - Megadolomedes sp., leg to leg 50mm
- This Water Spider easily found near the still water along Bulimba Creek.
There were many of them there look similar in body shape but with slightly
different in markings on body. More
information and pictures please click on here.
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- Giant Water Spider
  - Megadolomedes australianus, leg to leg 50mm
- We sometime find this Water Spiders running across the running stream. Most
of the time they are hiding among the plants at the water edge. The spider is
brown in colour with white lines along each side of its body. Check this page
for more information.
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- Fishing Spider
 - Dolomedes instabilis, leg to leg 50mm
- The Fishing Spiders have long and strong legs, all about the same length.
They usually seen resting on water edge with some legs touching the water
surface. They move freely on water surface, and sometimes submerge to catch
small fish, tadpoles and water insects. We have more information in this page.
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- Fishing Spider
 - Dolomedes sp, leg to leg 50mm
- We found this Fishing Spider in Anstead Forest on Oct 2009. It was feeding
on a huntsman spider. Please also check this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
1969, p45.
- 2. Spiders - family Pisauridae -
lifeunseen.com, Insects and Spiders of Sunshine Coast, Southeast Queensland, Australia, by Nick Monaghan.
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