I recently read a fascinating post about fishing spiders on SpiderBytes (a fun and informative blog full of excellent photos). The post reminded me of a curious spider I observed once in Maine, swimming on the surface of a lake. The spider stood on its outer four legs, and stroked the inner two pairs together like oars in order to move forward. I managed to locate my old field notes from that trip, and I’m including them here in case anyone has any idea of what sort of spider this is.
Mysterious swimming spider
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