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Species Menemerus bivittatus - Gray Wall Jumper

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Genus Menemerus
Species bivittatus (Gray Wall Jumper)
Other Common Names
Gray Wall Jumper
Pronunciation
men-eh-MAIR-us by-vih-TAY-us
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Author of name: Léon Jean Marie Dufour. First year published: 1831, as Salticus bivittatus.
Size
Body length of adult females approx. 7-10mm; of adult males approx. 5-9mm.
Identification
Female & Male together
Range
A pantropical species whose North American range is North Carolina south to Florida and west across the southern states to California. (Collections localities also include records for West Virginia and Minnesota, however those were not established populations.)
Habitat
In the U.S., most commonly found on the exterior walls of buildings during the day.
Season
All year round, though more noticeable in spring and summer.
Life Cycle
Lens-shaped egg sac with approx. 25-40 eggs inside.
Remarks
Non-native, likely introduced from the Old World tropics.
See Also
Print References
-Barnes, R. D., 1958. North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1867: 1-50.(1)
-Kaston, B. J., 1978. How to Know the Spiders. WCB/McGraw-Hill. 1-272. (2)
Works Cited
1.North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae)
R.D. Barnes. 1958. American Museum novitates no. 1867, 50 pp.
2.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.