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Missing Sector Spider
Latin name: Zygiella x-notata
Size: Length up to 7mm.
Distribution: Found throughout the UK.
Months seen: Females can be seen all year round. Males are usually more
active in the summer months.
Habitat: Frequently on windows and around houses.
Food: Flies and small insects
Special features: The Missing Sector spider has a silver-grey
coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs dark brown
with light brown bands.
The photo above shows a female with her egg sac. She remains with her eggs until
she dies. The abdomen of the male is smaller than the female.
This spider has a very distinctive orb-web which always looks as if there is a
triangular section missing (hence the name). If you imagine the web in the photo below as the
face of a clock you'll notice the section between 11 and 12 o' clock is missing.
Running through the middle of that section is a single thread of silk
which leads to the spiders retreat.
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