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Menemerus bivittatus
Gray Wall Jumper with prey. Male specimen about nine millimetres long, flatten abdomen covered with short dense brown pale hairs and dark longitudinal dorsal stripe on abdomen sides.
Spotted at Zoo Ragunan area, (wild specimen), Jakarta. It is a pantropical species and is usually found on the walls of buildings or on tree trunks where it uses its keen eyesight to capture insect prey.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Genus: Menemerus Species: M. bivittatus
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