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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Plebs |
| Species: | P. eburnus
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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 as the bush orb-weaver. It is an orb-weaver spider from the family Araneidae endemic to Australia. It is a very common spider with distinctive white markings (although these marking can be quite variable), which give it the species name eburnus pertaining to ivory. It is found in scrub and tall grasses where the female constructs a vertical web usually no more than 2 metres from the ground, 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).[4] The stabilimentum of the related P.cyphoxis is usually observed vertical (like a clockface at 6 o'clock).[5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
WSC_5137was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Keyserling, Eugen von (1886). "Die Arachnidens Australiens". Nürnburg. 2: 87–152.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Plebs genus descriptionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Plebs eburnus". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "Plebs cyphoxis". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved 2015-04-07.