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
Female from underneath, showing epigynum
Female face on, with wrapped prey
This food parcel was probably prepared by some other spider or insect, this spider just got lucky.
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
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.
Another female, underneath
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.
Male, Chapel Hill
This specimen collected at Green Hill Reservoir, 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
