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Species ID Suggestions

Gray Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus Dufour, 1831

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Hi priyahazrawildlife, As you can see, in the Species ID I sent, I am pretty sure that your spotting is a Menemerus Bivittatus. I thought I should just add this comment to provide some more detail. Your spider, because of its colour and markings, blends very well with the background and that makes it slightly more difficult to identify, but the more I look at it, the more I am convinced that it is a gravid female. When checking distribution, I saw that wikipedia says that this species is "cosmopolitan" and in https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1142996#:~:text=Menemerus%20bivittatus%20is%20a%20spider,where%20it%20stalks%20its%20prey.... the distribution map includes India. If you look in https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68062-Menemerus-bivittatus/browse_photos... you will see many M. bivittatus which look like yours.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2023

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