The Wrap-around Spider

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The Wrap-around Spider, Dolophones conifera, is so named because by day it presses it's body flat around a twig, where it becomes very well camouflaged. In this case it is on a small flower bud. Like most other members of the Araneidae family, at night it will build and orb web (the typical round spiraled web).

The photos below were taken in my backyard with a Canon 7D and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens.

( All photos, videos, and text on this blog are by mostly.nature@mostly.nature )

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