Can you see what's on that twig?
“This…this is what my nightmares are made of!” That’s what one Reddit user wrote after seeing the photo of a Dolophones turrigera, a.k.a. “Wrap-around spider.”
The eight-legged creature, which is commonly found in grasslands, woodlands, and gardens, was seen in the Rotary Rainforest Reserve in Lismore, New South Wales.
And it is camouflaged to look like a twig!
Dolophones turrigera is an atypically-shaped, gray-brown arachnid with a cone-shaped body. Brown ornate plates can be seen on the surface of its abdomen, and these help enhance the spider’s twig-like appearance. Each plate or disc has a slit or line at the center. It also has a turret on the upper surface of its abdomen.
This creepy crawler has a concave underside, which allows it to wrap itself around twigs or branches during the day to hide from predators such as wasps and birds. At night, it builds an orb-like web vertically between two trees. The web is taken down before morning.
This species is typically small. The size of an adult female is approximately 8mm while the male is only 4-5mm. The Dolophones turrigera resembles other Dolophones species such as the Dolophones conifera.
The photo of the Wrap-around spider that was posted on Reddit has elicited squeamish responses from several users.
Another Reddit user wrote: “This is one of the craziest looking spiders ever. We are always charmed and amused with your wonderful submissions from down under.”
Well, arachnophobes might think twice before grabbing a twig from now on. They do bite. Fortunately, though, they’re harmless.
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