Zygiella atrica is a 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

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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  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.