Dolomedes facetus (Elegant Water Spider)Colour variation
There are colour variation in the Dolomedes species, with some slight colour variation within a single species such as the Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus). This medium to large-sized fishing spider, also vary in colour slightly from young to adult.
Of course, when photographing the Dolomedes facetus, the background and time of day can influence the perceived colour of the spider. The following is of the same spider within a time frame of 15 minutes or so, from having netted it out of the swimming pool to releasing it in the fish pond.
Dolomedes facetus (Elegant Water Spider)Colour variation
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SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Flower Spiders Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus volans Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider