#4419 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Six-spotted Fishing Spider
Dolomedes triton
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andrew Hoffman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Benny Mazur · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 240 Booth Rd, Ormond Beach, FL, US:© Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Collin County, TX, USA:© Misty Keith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. North Carolina, US:© Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The six-spotted fishing spider , Dolomedes triton , is an arachnid from the nursery web spider family Pisauridae. This species is from the genus Dolomedes , the fishing spiders. This species of fishing spider is named after the mythological Greek god Triton who is the messenger of the big sea and the son of Poseidon. These spiders can be seen scampering along the water’s surface when a person walks by in which they are often referred to as dock...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 19,572 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837 (189 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Six-spotted Fishing Spider
- scientific name
- Dolomedes triton
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Dolomedidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 19,572
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1837 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
relatives· Dolomedidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 121437, Wikidata Q50803359, GBIF 2150962, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.