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title: "Silver-sided Sector Spider"
description: "Zygiella x-notata — Insetos e aranhas. Zygiella x-notata, sometimes known as the missing sector orb weaver or the silver-sided sector spider, is a spider species in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/silver-sided-sector-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Silver-sided Sector Spider

> Zygiella x-notata — Insetos e aranhas. Zygiella x-notata, sometimes known as the missing sector orb weaver or the silver-sided sector spider, is a spider species in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Zygiella x-notata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 16744
- Wikidata: [Q205920](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205920)
- iNaturalist taxon: [155279](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155279)

## Names

- en: Silver-sided Sector Spider
- de: Gewöhnliche Sektorspinne
- es: Araña de flancos plateados
- fr: Épeire des fenêtres
- nl: Venstersectorspin
- pl: Liścianek sektornik

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1566), GB (1160), DK (808), DE (664), US (582), NZ (351), CL (303), NL (253), PT (201), IT (154), SE (118), BE (109)

## Summary

Zygiella x-notata, sometimes known as the missing sector orb weaver or the silver-sided sector spider, is a spider species in the family Araneidae. They are solitary spiders, residing in daily spun orb webs.  Z. x-notata is a member of the genus Zygiella, the orb-weaving spiders. The adult female is easily recognized by the characteristic leaf-like mark on her posterior opisthosoma, caudal to the yellow-brown cephalothorax.
The webs of Zygiella x-notata spiders are known for their characteristic missing sector, lending to the common name of spider as the "missing sector orb weaver." This species is distributed widely…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygiella_x-notata

## Photo

![Silver-sided Sector Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-sided-sector-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100762652

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/silver-sided-sector-spider?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).