Brown-striped Wrap-around Spider
Dorsal
Ellura
Brown-striped Wrap-around Spider
Face
 
                      
Brown-striped Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp ES07)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Spiders (Araneae)
Family: Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Brown-striped Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones sp ES07)
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Thank you Suzanne and Jim for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A small spider at ~3.5mm long.
It decided to "hide" by wrapping around the edge of the pot we caught it in

This one seemed to have very large posterior median eyes (middle, top row)

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Nov-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.