A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Menemerus bivittatus
Grey with side black lines, dorso-ventrally flattened and with short dense, grayish-white hairs, (males has a blackish longitudinal dorsal stripe with a brownish-white stripe on either side of the abdomen). Body length about 10 mm with four pairs of eyes, jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation.
Spotted in Menorca, Spain.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Salticidae Genus: Menemerus Species: M. bivittatus
Spotted on Jul 17, 2017
Submitted on May 23, 2020
No Comments