Zygiella atrica is a species of spider.
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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.
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