Eastern Bush Orbweaver
Plebs eburnus
They often dismantle and consume their own web at dawn to recycle the silk proteins for building a fresh web the following evening.
- Scientific name
- Plebs eburnus
- Taxonomy
- Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Araneae › Araneidae › Plebs
- IUCN Red List status
- Least Concern
- Population trend
- stable
- Biome
- forest
- Habitat
- Open forests, coastal woodlands, shrublands, and suburban gardens.
- Diet
- Small flying insects including mosquitoes, flies, moths, and winged termites.
- Range
- Eastern Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
- Size
- Females: 6-8 mm, Males: 3-5 mm (body length)
- Lifespan
- 1 year
- Active
- nocturnal
- Threats
- Widespread use of domestic chemical pesticides and localized land clearing.
- Safe to approach?
- Harmless and non-aggressive to humans. They will only bite if squeezed or handled roughly. Maintain a safe distance of a few inches to observe their delicate web-building. If bitten, wash the area with soap and water, apply a cold pack to reduce mild swelling, and seek medical attention only if symptoms of an allergic reaction occur.
The spider species Plebs eburnus is commonly referred to as the Eastern Grass Orb-weaver or the Eastern Bush Orb-weaver , and sometimes more simply the Bush Orb-weaver . It is an orb-weaver spider from the Araneidae family, it is endemic to Australia. It was previously classified as a member of the genus Araneus but has been reclassified in 2012 into a newly described genus Plebs . It is closely related to the Western Bush Orb-weaver, P. cyphoxis . It is
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