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Title
Striped Fishing Spider with Prey

Description
A Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus) has just captured a male Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis). The damslefy had been flying in tandem with a female in search of a place to deposit eggs when they flew too close to the spider.

Location and Date
Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA
8/22/17 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate)

Credit
Mark Swanson/Swanson Media

Camera/Source
Nikon D500 DSLR

Lens
AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED

Model/property releases available?
Not applicable/Not applicable

Keywords
Fishing Spiders (Dolomedes spp.), Nursery Web Spiders (Pisauridae), Spiders (Order Araneae), Class Arachnida (Arachnids), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals), Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis), Dancers (Argia sp.), Narrow-winged (Pond) Damselflies (Coenagrionidae), Damselflies (Zygoptera), Odonata, Class Insecta (Insects), Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus)

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