In 369 individuals of feeding Dolomedes fimbriatus (all stages/sizes) living in moorlands of Northwestern Germany, field studies were carried out, in particular concerning relations of spider size, kind/size of prey and lurking-site as well. Findings reveal extremely variable food types, depending on seasonal fluctuations of active prey species and of lurking-sites of Dolomedes. Largest prey (relative to spider size) is not captured by the big sized preadults or adults, but by juveniles of 6-9mm length. The prey spectrum comprises also syntopical spiders and opilionids. Surprisingly cannibalism among Dolomedes individuals is rahter requent in spring and autumn and may serve to maintain the population when prey is rare.

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The checklist contains records of spiders from the federal contries Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen and the northern plain of Lower Saxony which are compiled from published data, unpublished papers and personal communications. Among the total of 601 species Gnaphosa leporina, Marpissa nivoyi, Dictyna major, Baryphyma maritium, Pelecopsis nemoraloides, Ozyptila westringi, Silometopus ambiguus and Micaria romana are species which occur in Germany mostly in the north-western region. The species records in the checklist can be related to their informational sources and they can be localised in the TK25-grid, which represents sheets of the 1:25.000 topographical map.