Emanuele Biggi / Great Fen / Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), adult female holding egg sac, Alessandria, Italy. September.

Emanuele Biggi / Great or Fen Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), adult female hunting from aquatic vegetation, Po river, Alessandria, Italy, August.

Emanuele Biggi / Great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) young individual, Alessandria, Italy, May.

Emanuele Biggi / Fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) female protecting her spiderlings in her nursery web, Italy.

Emanuele Biggi / Great Fen / Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), spiderlings on their nursery web, Alessandria, Italy, August.

Emanuele Biggi / Great or Fen Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), sub-adult eating a Wolf-spider (Pirata sp.), Alessandria, Italy, August.