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Water Spiders - Family Pisauridae
This page contains pictures and information about Water Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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. They may look like Wolf Spiders, actually they are close relatives. Water Spiders have eight eyes on their head in two rows of four.
- Water Spider
- Dolomedes sp., leg to leg 40mm
- 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.
- Water Spider
- Dolomedes sp., leg to leg 40mm
- This Water Spider look similar to the one above but does not have the white lines on its body. It puts its front legs on water seems sensing if there is any prey passing by.
