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title: "Gray Wall Jumping Spider"
description: "Menemerus bivittatus — Insects & spiders. Menemerus bivittatus is a spider in the family Salticidae commonly known as the gray wall jumper."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-wall-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gray Wall Jumping Spider

> Menemerus bivittatus — Insects & spiders. Menemerus bivittatus is a spider in the family Salticidae commonly known as the gray wall jumper.

- Scientific name: *Menemerus bivittatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 51674
- Wikidata: [Q2216972](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216972)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68062](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68062)

## Names

- en: Gray Wall Jumping Spider
- es: Araña saltarina gris de pared

## Countries with the most observations

US (12778), BR (9447), MX (4114), AU (2180), CO (1227), HK (1225), ID (718), TH (696), SG (671), TW (666), AR (660), IN (612)

## Summary

Menemerus bivittatus is a spider in the family Salticidae commonly known as the gray wall jumper. It is a pantropical species and is usually found on the walls of buildings or on tree trunks where it stalks its prey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menemerus_bivittatus

## Photo

![Gray Wall Jumping Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-wall-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: ant, like the bug · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139896730

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-wall-jumping-spider?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).