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Enamel Spider

Plebs bradleyi

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small teal-white-tan spider. (approx. 12mm)

Habitat:

Among pine and gum trees. Building small orb-style 250mm web.

Notes:

Looks like a small version of the golden orb nehpila spiders from north.

Reference Links:

Flickr: Search Spiders of Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Hey thanks Casey5 - I know what this one is but I had totally forgotten about the spotting. It's called an enamel spider. Fixing it now...
Casey5
Looks like some type of Orb weaver

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012

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