Zygiella x-notata
(Missing Sector Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Zygiella x-notata, commonly known as Missing Sector Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Zygiella, in the family Araneidae. Zygiella x-notata spiders have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Zygiella x-notata includes 6 countries and 2 states in the United States. Zygiella x-notata is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of November.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Zygiella
Species: Zygiella x-notata

Other Common Names

Missing Sector Orb-weaver, Silver-sided Sector Spider,

Author

(Clerck, 1757)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Zygiella x-notata (Missing Sector Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 17, 2019 by Spider ID member j_staff99. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Zygiella x-notata sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 90% of the time, Zygiella x-notata spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Zygiella x-notata has been sighted 7 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (1).

Location and Range

Zygiella x-notata (Missing Sector Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Germany, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

Zygiella x-notata has also been sighted in the following states: California, Oregon.