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Huge Dock Spider
Jody Melanson
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One of my sons caught this huge Dock Spider. Dock Spiders are the largest Spider in Ontario, Canada. Dock Spiders can run across the water in pursuit of their prey. They can also dive underwater and their hairs will capture air bubbles allowing them to stay underwater for 15 minutes. They will catch small fish, tadpoles, etc...while down there. She is carrying an egg sac.
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She was really holding onto that egg sac. She had her fangs in the front of it, two legs holding at the front and a bit of web from her hind end to hold the back. She was very fast when moving.
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She was so big, to get this image, I had to take off the tubes to be able to get her all in.
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We released her back on the dock. She was so large, she couldn't get between the boards to get back under the dock. She had to go down the side and under. Quite impressive.
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She was really holding onto that egg sac. She had her fangs in the front of it, two legs holding at the front and a bit of web from her hind end to hold the back. She was very fast when moving.
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She was so big, to get this image, I had to take off the tubes to be able to get her all in.
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We released her back on the dock. She was so large, she couldn't get between the boards to get back under the dock. She had to go down the side and under. Quite impressive.
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Mother Nature wants us to be afraid. Why else would something look like that. It's insane how big she got and the size of the egg sac. :cry I'm going to have more bad dreams.
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Hi there Jodi, isn't it nice when someone finds you something special to photograh
I was looking at the egg sack, it's quite thick in it's construction,
reminds me of a texture of a Shammy Cloth.
When they lay an egg sack like that, do you know if they take it everywhere with them, or do they hide it when they go in and under the water?
That would be quite an effort to lift an egg sack that big off the ground high enough to run around.
In the profile shot Image 4 you can see how high her legs and body are already off the floor, yet the sack is still touching the floor.
Gosh what a face, I bet she has a decent pair of fangs too.
Excellent Series Jodi
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Great shots Jodi
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The 'legs' that it uses to hold on to its egg sac are not counted as legs. They are called 'palps' and have a function like insects' antennae. Spiders have eight legs and 2 palps. In male spiders they are also mating organs.
But the pictures are lovely.
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