About Plebs bradleyi (Keyserling, 1887)
Scientific name: Plebs bradleyi (Keyserling, 1887) Description and habit: Males have a body length of 8 to 9 mm, while females range from 14 to 18 mm in body length. The abdomen has an enamelled appearance that varies between populations in different regions of the country. In some areas, different forms occur side by side, and some of these forms are pure jade in colour. The egg sac is round, flattened on the bottom where it is fastened down, and made of red brown woolly-textured silk. The eggs are 1 mm in diameter and grouped in a sticky mass. The enamelled spider hunts in its web at night, and often retreats to surrounding vegetation during the day. It preys on small flying insects that it catches in a sloping orb web, positioned around one metre above ground level.
