
A photo of a camouflaged spider will send shivers up the spines of arachnophobes around the world after they squint enough to find the eight-legged creepy crawly.

The pictured Dolophones turrigera or 'Wrap-around' spider was found in Rotary Park Rainforest Reserve, Lismore, New South Wales. They are able to easily camouflage themselves when resting on a twig.

Its overall appearance is typical of all Australian Dolophones species, where the upper surface of the abdomen resembles a cone-shaped shield.

The pictured Dolophones turrigera or 'Wrap-around' spider is able to easily camouflage itself when it is resting on a dead twig

The adult female is around 8mm, the male being smaller, usually 4-5mm. Other Dolophones species, such as Dolophones conifera, are very similar.

Wrap-around spiders have concave undersides to their bodies to allow them to wrap around small branches for camouflage, and at night they build large webs vertically between trees.

The photo of the wrap-around spider was shared on the online forum, Reddit, and prompted several users to share squeamish responses.

'This...this is what my nightmare are made of!' wrote one user.

'This is one of the craziest looking spiders ever. We are always charmed and amused with your wonderful submissions from down under,' wrote another.

The spiders have the ideal shape for plastering themselves on twigs as they rest through daylight hours and hide from birds and other predators

Wrap-around's overall appearance is typical of all Australian Dolophones species, where the upper surface of the abdomen resembles a cone shaped shield

Wrap-around spider's have concave undersides to their bodies to allow them to wrap around small branches for camouflage, and at night they build large webs vertically between trees

The Wrap-around Spider spins its orb web at night, but by day wraps itself around a twig and 'disappears'

Although both of wrap-around spiders are very conspicuous on their webs at night, they are well hidden from predators like birds and wasps, which are mostly active by day



