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Zygiella atrica

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Species of spider

Zygiella atrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Zygiella
Species: Z. atrica
Binomial name
Zygiella atrica
(C. L. Koch), 1845

Zygiella atrica is a species of spider.

Like other Zygiella species, it builds an orb web with two missing sectors, and a signalling thread in the center of those, leading to its hideout, whereas young spiders build a complete web.

Unlike Z. x-notata, this spider is found away from houses, on bushes and rocky sites away from human habitation. It is also more brown. Its eggs are lethal to mice.

References

  1. Schmidt, Justin O.; Vetter, Richard S.; Howe, Amanda K. (August 2017). "Egg toxicity in diverse spider taxa". The Journal of Arachnology. 45 (2): 209–212. doi:10.1636/JoA-17-009.1. ISSN 0161-8202. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Zygiella atrica


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