''Zygiella atrica'' is a species of spider.
Like other ''Zygiella'' species, it builds an
orb web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word '' coppe'', meaning "spider") is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.
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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
Araneidae
Spiders of Europe
Spiders of Russia
Spiders described in 1845
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