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Jumping spider

Epeus glorius

Description:

I found it under a banana leaf taking shelter from the rain.

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5 Comments

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 8 years ago

Epeus glorius is the closest of them all.

Ashutosh Dudhatra
Ashutosh Dudhatra 8 years ago

The cephalothorax is exactly same as Epeus glorius ,the abdominal pattern is slightly different.

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 8 years ago

Thank you for the info Ashuthosh :) Went through lot of pics, but cant find an exact ID.

Ashutosh Dudhatra
Ashutosh Dudhatra 8 years ago

Most probably Male Epeus glorius.

Ashutosh Dudhatra
Ashutosh Dudhatra 8 years ago

Its a jumping spider(salticidae) most probably from genus Epeus.Nice find!

Nidhin Basheer
Spotted by
Nidhin Basheer

Kerala, India

Spotted on Jul 19, 2015
Submitted on Jul 19, 2015

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