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Meet my baby draculaura!

My first lil jumping spider, a regal apalachicola, molted a week ago, based on what I was told she should be i7 now 🥹

Sweetest little bug I own, I’ve loved getting to know her!

Only thing I’m struggling with since getting her is what size feeders she should be on, the seller gave me melanogaster fruit flies but those seemed far too small so I moved her up to hydei, but if they are supposed to have prey more equal in size to their body, she’s more on par with bottle flies 😬 I’m a lil bit lost!

I can’t believe since getting him in March he’s now officially an adult 🥺 he’ll always be my teeny little guy, I’m so proud of him! My first ever mantis and he taught me everything I know and was there for me every step of this part of my life 🖤
Cheeky baby picture at the end to show how far he’s come, my big handsome guy!

He’s my fav to take pictures of, I feel like his colours are just so deep and nice 😌 I’m quite proud of how far I’ve gotten with him as my first mantis!

Little miss Lumi had her first molt with me a couple days ago, she’s now freshly fed and feisty 😌 I think she’s i4 now but she looks so teeny tiny still!

Just received this baby! I’m new to the species, but based on the photos I’m assuming they’re decently full and won’t need fed just yet? She’s quite a spicy little thing!

He’s became very intrigued by outside time his past couple of molts! Which is quite fun for me 😌

I can’t believe how big my little guy has gotten, and how dark (he used to be yellowy/orange)! He’s been thriving, currently brewing up some blue bottles since he’s now big enough to tackle one.
He’s my first mantis and he’s been such an experience I decided to get a little ghost mantis tattoo in his honour!

His next molt should be to sub adult in about a week or so, but knowing him he’ll make me wait in anticipation for it 🤣