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I know the species of this spider, but i want to try your id abilities-

HINT: it's not even what you expect

Around 1cm aprox of length, from visual recognition i'm thinking it's a Megafreya Sutrix, it's wild.

Thank you!

My dendryphantes mordax jumping spider had babies and i didn't even know about it, in fact, i don't even know how long the babies have been there!

So here is the thing, recently (as in last 1-2 months) my female adult jumping spider has been very lazy (sedentary), she has two silk tents in the corners of her enclosure, and spends a week or so in one, then in other, so goes on... she always stays in her web and only pops out briefly to eat or drink, and then back to her little hole, no exploring or walking outside like she used to, i assumed it was just of old age, she has never fasted, always eat once or twice a week.

So today i was gonna clean the enclosure, when looking in her unused silk hammock, there were little spideelings inside a thick web, moving their little legs! i counted like 7-8, theyre tinier, like size of an ant or even smaller, havent come out of her web, they were alone! the mom was in other silk tent, babies where on their own-

What really surprised me is the mom did never fast, not that i recall, i've heard that gravid females usually fast before laying eggs, so 🤷

What should i do? what do i feed them? why did the mother abandon them?

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Already moved them (all the web with them inside) to a separate container without any holes, and misted a little

(Last two photos is the mother)

Found in Chile, center zone

Species: Megafreya Sutrix (jumping spider), caught in wild, i know wild caught females have a high chance of having mated before, just wanna know if my spider is currently gravid (carrying eggs) or not.

Species: Megafreya Sutrix

Could this be a brown recluse or a deadly widow or a wanderer?