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Epeus

Picture ID 8608

Picture of Epeus - Dorsal

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Collected from courtyard in a city

  • Submitted by: 
    lidiyafrancis
  • Submitted: Apr 4, 2018
  • Photographed: Apr 3, 2018
  • Spider: Epeus
  • Location: Ernakulam, India
  • Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes: Dorsal
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ItsyBitsy

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Jumping Spider (Salticidae). Looks like something close to Epeus indicus, there are a few species in the genus in India though – it may be one of the others, I would need to take a closer look at them when I have more time.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sumukha_javagal/8056295971

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