Araneus bradleyi Araneus bradleyi Araneus bradleyi, known as the enamelled spider, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It occurs in Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, Australia. The body length of males is 8 to 9 mm and females from 14 to 18 mm. The abdomen has an enamelled appearance which varies in different parts of the country. In some areas different forms appear side by side. Some are a pure jade colour. The egg sac is round in shape, flat on the bottom where it is fastened down, of red brown silk of a woolly appearance.
Hyas coarctatus of the walking legs is often more or less furry. "H. coarctatus" is found at both hard, stony, sandy and soft bottoms from 1 to 500 meters depth, though most often above 50 meters. "H. araneus" inhabits shallower depths. "H. coarctatus" is widely distributed in the North-East Atlantic and adjacent seas. The northern border is around the north and west coas5w of Spitsbergen and Barents Sea, in the south it is found down to the north-east coast of France, and in the east to the Western Baltic Sea, the Belt Sea and the Öresund. Hyas coarctatus Hyas coarctatus is a