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Extremely peculiar situation. Juvenile elephant seal off the beach at Midigama. The only documented sighting of a seal in Sri Lankan waters ever. Sorry for the picture quality. The navy and wildlife department are monitoring the situation.

I was going out to buy some idli today, I didn't expect to see this
This species is usually in white in colour, but there seems to be another species which is undescribed from this genus which is red and black, which is the one I saw today.
This species seems to be way more rare then the white variant that is usually found, i honestly didnt expect to see this, i only see observations of this species in campuses like GKVK or iisc, not my home.

Male specimen.
Date: June 8 2024
Location: Kaggalipura, Bangalore, Karnataka.

Image 1-3: live male
Image 4-10: habitus male
Image 11-19: Palp (11 dorsal view, 12 ventral view, 13 retrolateral view, 14-18 prolateral view)

Description: Prosoma high, pale brown adorned with orangish brown, black and pale white blotches. Ocular field quadrangle square shaped with yellowish orange bristles. Clypeus orangish brown bristles.
Palp; brown. Apical bulbus narrow and longitudinal, narrow cleft at
the anterior bulbus (Img. 12,14). Embolus long
and thin originating from basal tegulum and then partially encircling bulbus with curved terminal tip (Img. 16-18). [Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a)]

Distinguishable characters from T. fabus; Broader bulb, curved long emblous, end of posterior lobe with two unequal sized mounds. [Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a)]

Reference:

1. Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a). On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 5-19.
   Link: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/6eba96298211ec0420b095abe9571f99CkKXrI3P6ieaEj1

2. Żabka, M. (1988). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41(14): 421-479.
   Link: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/59c168c1bd49fd707ac0a0de1769c789gyNBte3L8ef8XXc

3. World Spider Catalog
   https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/33026/Tamigalesus_munnaricus

Looked exactly like an ant, awesome mimicry, it was in retreat under beetel plant leaf, which was also used by Ulobridae (hacked orbweaver) and even had ulobridae's egg, sadly was lost near the stairs.