Wrap-around Spider 3 - Dolophones maximus

FAMILY ARANEIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Warp-around Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 8mm

The Warp-around spiders are so called because of their concave abdomen curved in such a way that when the spider rests on a twig, it fits well and wrap around the twig. The spiders are brown in colour and rest on twigs during the day. They build vertical orb web at night.



The above pictures show the spider captured a leaf beetle as meal even when it was resting on twig.



This Warp-around spider has the small knob on the abdomen which distinguished it from the other two species of Warp-around spider that we found.

Reference:
1. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty Ltd, 1970, p94.
2. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson 1969, p68.

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