Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)

Latin Name	Observation Date	Location
Menemerus bivittatus	May 05, 2026	Purulia, Natore, Bangladesh

I took a picture of this beautiful jumping spider from the banana tree next to my pond on 05/005/2026. I liked the black and white stripes on its body and the big eyes. So I thought, let's find out its real scientific name.

As expected, I uploaded the pictures to the iNaturalist app. But I was completely confused by the results of the app, it suggested several names to me, such as Megafreya sutrix, Pignus simoni, Pseudicius encarpatus, etc. But when I looked at their map, I saw that some of them are found in South America, some in Africa, and some in Europe. Where will they come from in our Bangladesh?

Then I took some time to compare the body design of the spider and the map. Finally, the real identity was found, its name is Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus). This species listed in the app is mainly found in warm or tropical regions like our country. The black spot in the middle of the abdomen and the white border match it 100% exactly.

You see, just by looking at the black and white spots on the body, the AI ​​was almost telling me it was a South American spider. Have any of our NatureObserver friends ever had the experience of seeing a picture of a local insect and getting a foreign name from an app?

Anyway, it's nice to finally find the right name. What do you think of our little local predator?

(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)
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Camera Used	Samsung SM-G973F
F-Stop	F2.4
ISO speed	ISO
Focal length	26mm
Flash	No
Editing app	MIX
Photography	Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)
Photographer	@mshbd
Location	Purulia,Natore,Bangladesh

Link to original community
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359252892

Latitude	Longitude	Map Link
24.3366	89.1158	https://www.openstreetmap.org/?#map=12/24.3366/89.1158