In fact, there's a whole bunch of spiders that are actually quite good at catching fish. Many of these spiders are in the Dolomedes genus, or as they're more commonly known, fishing spiders. Yes, the fishing spiders do actually catch fish. This may not come as a surprise, but what was a surprise is just how widespread the habit of spiders catching things that aren't insects. There are spiders catching fish on every continent except Antarctica.The particular spider that you see to the right is the six-spotted fishing spider, which is native to the United States. I'm pretty sure I've seen this kind of spider before, although there are a couple of others that also inhabit the northeast portion of the country. They are pretty big, other than some wolf spiders and the big orb weavers, you won't find a bigger spider in this section of the country. No tarantulas around here. Of course, everybody hates spiders, so once they saw the picture up there, they probably ran away and don't care about the particular range of the six-spotted fishing spider. Which is too bad.
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