#4356 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Gray Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
2. © Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Douglas · CC BY 4.0
4. © David W K Foster · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Roberto Daniel Avila · CC BY 4.0
6. Port Aransas, TX, USA:© Liam Wolff · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. West Hollywood Park & Dog Park, West Hollywood, CA, US:© hsug1747 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sao Francisco, Belo Horizonte - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil:© Alexandre S. Michelotto · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Vale das Laranjeiras, Indaiatuba - SP, 13342, Brasil:© The Great Walter · CC BY 4.0
10. Brisbane QLD, Australia:© Martin Stevens · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Menemerus bivittatus is a spider in the Salticidae family commonly known as the gray wall jumper . It is a pantropical species and is usually found on the walls of buildings or on tree trunks where it stalks its prey.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 53,191iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
53,191 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Léon Dufour in 1831 (195 years ago).