Gray wall jumping spider
The gray wall jumping spider is a flat little spider covered in short grey and white hairs. It has big eyes at the front, like headlights. It lives on walls and tree trunks, where it sneaks up on flies and pounces.
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Fun facts
It does not build a web to catch food. It stalks and leaps instead.
It can catch insects like crane flies that are at least twice its own size.
Its large eyes can focus and see colours, which is rare for a spider.
The male makes sounds by rubbing tiny ridges on his face, probably to impress a female.
The mother guards her 25 to 40 eggs in a silk purse for about three weeks until they hatch.
Most asked questions about Gray wall jumping spider
?What do gray wall jumpers eat?
Mostly small flies that land on walls. They jump on them like a cat.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Menemerus bivittatus
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Salticidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Salticidae
- Lives on
- Africa, Asia, North America, South America
- Also known as
- Gray wall jumper
Where the facts come from
- Menemerus bivittatus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Peter Webb. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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