A very common small to medium sized spider with colourful markings found in dry scrub in eastern Australia, especially coastal Queensland. The female builds a vertical orb web and stays there day and night. The web of some of these spiders has been seen to be decorated with nearly vertical stabilimentum (like a clockface at 5 minutes to 5 or its mirror image). Val Davies in 1988 found features in this spider inconsistent with true Araneus species. It has since been redescribed as Plebs which means of the common people referring to its widespread abundance in eastern Australia.. The species name eburnus can mean made of ivory, decorated with ivory, made partially out of ivory, white as ivory. ♀ 8mm ♂ 5mm
- Female from above, on leaf
- Female from underneath, showing epigynum
- Female face on, with wrapped prey
- Female face on, on stick
- Female from above, on stick
- Female face on, feeding, orange yellow colour variation
- Female from above, pattern variation
- Female from above, mostly beige with strong markings
- Female face on, and above, pattern and colour variation
- Female on stick, pattern and colour variation
- Female, green colour variation, from above
- Female, green colour variation, from behind
- Female, green colour variation, from side
- Another female, prominent black moth-wings figure
- Another female, underneath
- Male Araneus sp probably A. eburnus
- Male, Chapel Hill
- Male, Chapel Hill
- Male adult, showing palps
- Female adult 8710 in alcohol, facing
- Female adult 8710 in alcohol, underneath
- Female adult 8710 in alcohol, side view
- Female adult 8710 in alcohol, from above
- Female Venman Park Bushland 151010
Female from above, on leaf
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1050972_12-24-08a.jpg)
Female from underneath, showing epigynum
![Bush Orb Weaver](../_dbase_upl/p1000372_08-16-08a.jpg)
Female face on, with wrapped prey
This food parcel was probably prepared by some other spider or insect, this spider just got lucky.
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1000927-26-08-08a.jpg)
Female face on, on stick
![Spider Eriophora sp Bush Orb Weaver](../_dbase_upl/p1010072_08-29-08a.jpg)
Female from above, on stick
![Eriophora sp](../_dbase_upl/P1010426-31-08-08.jpg)
Female face on, feeding, orange yellow colour variation
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1010618-14-09-08a.jpg)
Female from above, pattern variation
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1010695-14-09-08a.jpg)
Female from above, mostly beige with strong markings
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1010698-14-09-08a.jpg)
Female face on, and above, pattern and colour variation
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1030066-30-10-08a.jpg)
Female on stick, pattern and colour variation
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1030197-01-11-08a.jpg)
Female, green colour variation, from above
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1070008_06-01-09.jpg)
Female, green colour variation, from behind
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1070001_06-01-09.jpg)
Female, green colour variation, from side
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/p1060996_06-01-09.jpg)
Another female, prominent black moth-wings figure
This female body length about 8mm featured a strongly delineated figure (the W-shaped blob). It was collected on the weedy creekbank at the SOWN nursery on Paten Road The Gap on Saturday 6 June 2009.
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/P1150451_06-06-09.jpg)
Another female, underneath
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/P1150472_06-06-09.jpg)
Male Araneus sp probably A. eburnus
This male is definitely Araneus and quite possibly A. eburnus. It has the characteristic figure on the front upper section of the abdomen, and the hint of the scalloped pattern common to some Araneus and Eriophora. While the picture is not at an angle to be definitive it is most likely A. eburnus. Body length 4mm.
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/araneus_b.jpg)
Male, Chapel Hill
This specimen collected at Green Hill Reservoir, Chapel Hill.
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/P1220228.jpg)
Male, Chapel Hill
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/P1220169.jpg)
Male adult, showing palps
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/P1240746_13-09-09.jpg)
Female adult 8710 in alcohol, facing
!['Araneus' eburnus 8710](../_dbase_upl/p1110153_8710_rjw.jpg)
Female adult 8710 in alcohol, underneath
!['Araneus' eburnus 8710](../_dbase_upl/p1110130_8710_rjw.jpg)
Female adult 8710 in alcohol, side view
!['Araneus' eburnus 8710](../_dbase_upl/p1110121_8710_rjw.jpg)
Female adult 8710 in alcohol, from above
!['Araneus' eburnus 8710](../_dbase_upl/p1110117_8710_rjw.jpg)
Female Venman Park Bushland 151010
![Araneus eburnus](../_dbase_upl/IMG_0322.jpg)