Bush Orb Weaver: Female, Hair made it look like 10 eyes

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)

Order:

Spiders (Araneae)

Family:

Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Bush Orb Weaver (Plebs eburnus)

This Photo:

Female, Hair made it look like 10 eyes

Synonym:

Araneus eburnus

Thank you Anthony Paul for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
The female shown here was ~5mm. A male we've also found was ~3mm.
Similar to Leaf Curling Spider

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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