
Wrap-around spider dorsal detail
A female Dolophones wrap-around spider was seen by chance recently in an urban setting. These spiders are masters of camouflage in a natural setting so in this context she was easier to see....but she did not make my task of documenting her easy as her resting place was in a really inaccessible and hard to get to place!
I hope I captured enough of her amazing dorsal detail for others to appreciate. Even better detail when enlarged. Amazing little spiders.
Dolophones is a genus of spider found primarily here in Australia and Oceania. There are 17 known and named species.
10 mm abdomen diameter
No species identified
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comments (5)
You most certainly did! Can't say I've ever seen such a sea of eyes, mind blowing! Posted 10 days ago
And not just arthropods, lots of other stuff too. In Colombia we once were in a viper hotspot. We found none. A team of scientist spent 5 full days in the same site, hoping to research them. They found none. I imagine we walked past dozens, even hundreds, completely unaware, yet them aware of us :)
It's part of the fun though, all we can do is try. Posted 10 days ago