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Dolophones sp.
A tricky little spider which I only noticed when it moved onto a green stem from a grey one. Strongly resembling a broken twig node it was about 8mm across it's body.
On twigs of Acacia mearnsii in a local nature reserve.
At last I found one of this genus. Unique to Australia.. 17 species listed on ALA but further documentation for most species named is scarce.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
33 Comments (1–25)
Thank you all so much :)
Great find Mark... Congrats!!
Wow Mark, What a beauty. Congratulations on the spotting of day
Awesome find Mark,amazing mimetism,congrats on the super well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congratulations mark!!Beautiful series!!!
Congrats on the well deserved SOTD, Mark.
Nice one Mark it looks like a bump on the twig. Congrats on an interesting SOTD!
A much-deserved SOTD. Nice one, Mark.
Congratulations! Very interesting.
What great camouflage; the fourth photo shows that so well. Congratulations!
Just knew this little one was going to be a HIT ..Congrats :)
Congratulations, Mark. Fourth photo is a killer.
Congratulations Mark! A winner all the way.
Amazing SOTD Mark!
..added context pic #4.. thanks everyone for positive comments :-)
What a cute little spider! Congrats on sotd :)
Wow thanks Yasser. This was a happy find and great entertainment. Like so many 'wanted' finds it made me laugh to see how small they really are. So much descriptive work remains to be done in this country.
Congratulations Mark ! A brilliant specimen - perfectly camouflaged on a wattle branch..
Great images Mark...as always! Congrats on SOTD!
Wonderful SOTD! Congrats, Mark.
Mark, these are fantastic shots of a fascinating spider. Thanks for all you do for the community and thanks for sharing this wonderful spotting. Congratulations on Spotting of the Day!
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By the way Ron Atkinson was looking to add to his collections of images of spiders so if he doesn't have it he may enjoy getting a copy of the image. The further we share the images the less likely rare finds are to be lost
,Yeah Ron Atkinson (Find a Spider Guide) and Rob Whyte (Arachne.org) have both had emails from me and discussed spider ID. I have known Ron the longest
Thanks guys. Stephen I noticed your on ALA.. did you get the ID from 'Find-a-spider' man?
A lot of these seem to be unknown as far as species.Very nice spotting mate!