Zygiella atrica
Appearance
Zygiella atrica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Zygiella |
Species: | Z. atrica
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Binomial name | |
Zygiella atrica (C. L. Koch), 1845
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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.[1]
References
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- ^ 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.