Female winter spider (Zygiella sp.) beside web on berried Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

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This spider looks like Zygiella x-notata, but its habitat is that usually used by Zygiella atrica; I suspect it is a dark specimen of the latter.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Photo credit: © Helen White / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -notata, ., arachnid, arachnida, arachnology, araneae, atrica, background, berries, biology, blurred, creeper, parthenocissus, quinquefolia, sp., spider, unripe, virginia, web, winter, zoology, zygiella