# 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.

- **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.

## About

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

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/ffe4787c-b86a-46ef-9951-29d2ce4315c2
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/552252
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs_eburnus
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/91225798/medium.jpg (Tony Eales, CC-BY-SA, via iNaturalist)

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