r/jumpingspiders

Hi! Found this guy in my classroom and was wondering if he’s a jumping spider! I assume so but I want confirmation! I live in Illinois.

Is this a jumper? If so, what kind?
I apologize for the lack of zoom on my phone

Bay Area, California

I have no idea how long he/she has been there, but today I saw this:
Nikolai got a visitor. The spider is very small and can go in and out of the enclosure through the ventilation. It stole one of the flies and left again afterwards.

Mom (last picture) was sold to me as a regal jumper back in February. She was my first jumper so I thought maybe she was male based on her coloring. Within a few weeks of having her she started laying eggs, so I’m pretty sure she is a bold jumper (?) it’s been so fun raising her babies and watching them grow!

he kinda give black and blue or green vibes with white spots on his back

Again, jumping spiders being the cats of the arthropod world- she made me think of the Cat from Red Dwarf, "This is mine, and this is mine, and, ooh this is definitely mine!"

Saw this on The Friendly Jumping Spider on Facebook yesterday and lowkey lost my shit. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before.
The male made his hammock on top of a females to ensure he mates with her when she’s mature. And they just live together like that 😭 They said that there’s ample food in their yard so they don’t have the need to compete.

I’ve had her for almost a year now and she is in her web id say about 70% of the time. When she sees me come near she will retreat back into her web within 5 minutes. She also seems shaken by me opening the door on the enclosure. I have lured her out on to my hand a couple times using a cricket, but she kinda just taps around on my hand then goes back into her enclosure.

I always see people here talking about how their spider is so curious about them, and videos of them handling them, and while I get that they all have their own personality’s, it does make me a little sad that she always seems so scared

Introducing Jerry!
This little cutie decided to move into my work computer a couple weeks ago, and has made quite the impression on me and my coworkers!

I’ve not seen them wandering all too much, they seem to stick to the computer monitors mostly, though it’s possible I’ve just not seen them elsewhere since they are so tiny.

To my untrained eyes they seem quite healthy, and have certainly been eating well! I had the pleasure of watching them enjoy a house fly on two different occasions, while hanging upside down on the edge of my monitor.

Anyways, not all that much purpose to this post. I’m based in Adelaide, SA if anyone is familiar with what type they may be, but moreso just here to share!

She's a wild Putnam's jumping spider who I found living in my bedroom and she looked hungry, so I caught a fly and let her hunt it. Here she is cleaning after her meal. I see her around the room from time to time! I love her little visits.

A little over a week ago, I found a very weak Johnson's Jumping Spider in the street right outside of my door. They're fairly common in my area, and I've seen a few in the past right on my street. I picked her up and she had a lot of trouble hanging onto my finger and one of her legs even seemed like it wasn't working well, and she had a shriveled abdomen. I had a bug tank set up already (I'm raising some caterpillars), so I figured it wouldn't hurt to put her in.

I have a compost bin so I tried catching some small flies from there, but she wouldn't eat them (dead or alive). I did give her a cotton ball soaked with water, which she drank from! A few hours later, I found her upside down in a death curl and was sure that was the end. I was busy that day though, so I figured I'd take care of that later. To my surprise, when I came back at night, she had moved! I tried releasing her that night (around the compost bin), but she was still very weak and even fell off the side of the bin and onto her back, so I put her back inside.

Over the next few days, she still wouldn't eat, but would drink water, and seemed to regain her strength every day. In the beginning, she's just lay in one spot for the whole day, but after a while, she started to hide underneath the paper towel I had laid out, and seemed interested in exploring. I went to the pet store and bought a temporary enclosure for her and some feeder bugs (dubias and waxworms). I tried feeding her all of the above (plus the flies from before), but never saw her take any of them, but it also seemed like she was afraid of my tweezers. I did cut a waxworm in half for her, too. She was pretty active and explored her enclosure quite a bit.

The next day, I still couldn't find evidence she ate, but she was very active and was even trying to climb the walls. (She was never able to - not sure if this was an indication of her health or if maybe it's something her species has trouble with. But she had no issue climbing sticks and etc.) Figuring she seemed well enough to leave and since I couldn't guarantee I'd be able to feed her, I decided to re-release her, though onto my balcony plants so she'd hopefully have bugs around (and she'd be safer than in the street). Looking back at the photos, her abdomen does seem bigger so she probably did eat when I wasn't looking. I came back to check after a few hours and she had left to go off on her next adventure.

I was actually really sad for several days after re-releasing her because she really captured my heart and I just thought she was the cutest little thing. It was really rewarding seeing her come back to life after I was totally sure she had died. At the end of the day though, she was a wild animal who was ready to leave and I didn't have the confidence to take care of her, so I know I did the right thing. But I've still been looking at pictures of her on my phone because I miss her 😭 I named her Ember, because she was reddish-orange, but also she only had a tiny spark of life left, but it was enough to rekindle her inner fire!

Anyways, I hoped you guys enjoyed this story and I just figured my fellow jumper lovers would relate :') Now I really want to get a pet jumper from a breeder or something! In the meantime, I've been keeping the dubias as pets since my husband thinks they're cute. Hah!

making little friends along the way

I found this spider and caught it in glass and it won’t leave in now, I tried to get it but it just doesn’t wanna leave or feels safer in there(can’t blame it) so if it decides not to leave after I wake up Tmr how could I care for them properly and what should I expect.

Things I’ve seen and maybe should be know: seems like it’s but thing is kinda smaller than what I seen in photos and I’m in usa in nj.

She ended up on my face

She last ate on Sunday (the day we got her) but she hasn’t eaten since, she also hasn’t made her little nest yet

I removed the black orb thing since she doesn’t seem to be very fond of it (she keeps avoiding it)

I’ve been trying to feed her meal worms and they are SUPER small worms, like kinda less than half her size so I don’t think the size of her food is the issue but idk what’s wrong D:

Sooooo tiny and sooooo cute

Edit: I meant i3 oops

Found this bold jumping spider a little over a week ago. Ill go with whichever name best fits him. (placeholder name was greg heifer lmao) Super chill guy/girl (?)

For the last couple of days I've found them in my car and carefully moved them out into grass. Yet day after day, they come back. Im done trying at this point. Its your home now buddy.😅

I am horrified of spiders, like they make my skin absolutely crawl; but i am trying to overcome this. Theres a chunky lad hanging out on my ceiling, and im pretty sure hes a jumping spider, and i want to befriend him, but im not sure how, or if i even can. Can anyone offer some insight?