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
Dolomedes spDolomedes facetus (Elegant Water Spider)
SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index 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 Euryopis umbilicate (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Thomisidae Wolf Spider Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus)