Dolophones conifera - Wikipedia Dolophones conifera Wrap - around spider Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Arthropoda Subphylum : Chelicerata Class : Arachnida Order : Araneae Infraorder : Araneomorphae Family : Araneidae Genus : Dolophones Species : D. conifera Binomial name Dolophones conifera ( Keyserling, 1886 ) Synonyms Tholia conifera Keyserling, 1886 Wrap - around Spider ( Dolophones sp. ) Dolophones conifera, known as the Wrap - around spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae indigenous to Australia. It is named for its ability to flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs as camouflage. It is found in Western Australia along with several other species from the genus Dolophones, and was first described in 1886. Behavior During the evening, D. conifera stay in webs, and during the day take up their characteristic camouflaged form on tree branches and trunks. They also travel along the ground. References ^ Jump up to : `` Taxon details Dolophones conifera ( Keyserling, 1886 ) ''. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 7 March 2017. ^ Jump up to : Robert, Whyte ; Anderson, Greg. `` Dolophones conifera at Arachne.org.au ''. Retrieved 5 March 2017. Jump up ^ Harvey, Mark S. ; Sampey, Alison ; West, Paul L.J. ; Waldock, Julianne M. ( 2000 ). `` Araneomorph spiders from the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia : a consideration of regional biogeographic relationships '' ( PDF ). Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement No. 61 : 295 -- 321. Retrieved 5 March 2017. Jump up ^ Keyserling, Eugen von ; Koch, Ludwig ( 1886 ). Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe. ISBN 9783743392120. Jump up ^ Robert, Whyte ; Anderson, Greg ( 2000 ). `` Araneomorph spiders from the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia : a consideration of regional biogeographic relationships '' ( PDF ). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 61 : 301. Retrieved 21 June 2018. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Taxon identifiers Wikidata : Q3122809 ADW : Dolophones_conifera BioLib : 613034 EoL : 1195125 GBIF : 2158716 IRMNG : 10756067 ITIS : 855203 WSC : urn : lsid : nmbe.ch : spidersp : 015842 This Araneidae - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dolophones_conifera&oldid=852607522 '' Categories : Araneidae Spiders of Australia Spiders described in 1886 Araneidae stubs Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Articles with ' species ' microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Cebuano Français Bahasa Indonesia Baso Minangkabau Nederlands Русский Svenska Tiếng Việt Winaray Edit links This page was last edited on 30 July 2018, at 04 : 28 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: where do you find the wrap around spider
Answer: Western Australia