r/jumpingspiders

She was in her playground today eheh

I've not seen this coloring. How pretty!

Just wanted to share some photos of my spood, Hermione. I don’t have a good before pic due to not having a magnifier for my phone camera at that point in time, but she was mostly black with a few orange and red spots. I can’t believe how vibrant she looks now just after one molt! So excited to see her grow. I’m loving the peach fuzz too -she’s so fluffy!🥲

We had a VIP join us at the dining table today. Can anyone tell me what kind of glorious friend this is?

Southeast Virginia, USA

Found these while walking today in Utah. What am I looking at?

I recently got back into jumping spiders and I might have went a little overboard but I love it I'm going to add more stuff closer to the top once they finish printing but for now

Everything is cleaned and sanitized and spider friendly

And the background is 3d so tons of places for little one to jump and climb

Hello! I am new to the spoods and this was my first time feeding him.

Hector had no issues hunting, but I read that jumping spiders can overeat so I wanted to see if this mealworm is a good size for him, or if it is too big. Thanks !!

I raised her from the egg sack to adulthood. She was a tiny babe and now she's a lady with gorgeous eyelashes and thick eyebrows

Hi everyone!

This is Elvira, she’s an adult Regius Sierra de Bahoruco. She’s my first spider, bought from someone who was quitting the hobby. Seller says she’s under a year old. She misses a hind leg and has a scarred abdomen, seller said from an accident when closing the enclosure door. She’s a gentle little girl who likes to take naps on me and chill on my chest while I work (no matter what she always ends up there lol). She doesn’t seem to jump but I feel like with a missing hind leg she may be impeded there. She walks and climbs just fine.

It’s been around 3-4 weeks now and I’m having some difficulty getting her to eat at all. She drinks well, poops, responds to movement and sound and she can definitely see prey, but she makes absolutely no effort to eat and would rather climb tweezers. I’ve tried feeding her in a food bowl and I’ve tried putting the prey near her as well to let them move freely. She strikes if they come too close but otherwise ignores them.

I thought maybe she didn’t like the bullworms that the seller gave with her, so I tried fruit flies, houseflies, small crickets and locusts, roaches… with all of them she gives the same response. She also hasn’t been working on her hammock much, so I don’t think she’s in the process of laying eggs or anything. But her abdomen don’t look small. She also doesn’t seem to be stressed; her behaviour seems to point to everything normally.

Now I’ve heard they can go a bit without eating, but I’m a chronic worry wart and I would like to do right by her 🥺. Should I worry? If not, when should I worry? What can I do to help? Thank you for reading!

Anyone else’s spider do this I’ve never seen this before and she’s just been sitting there for at least 5 mins doing the same thing.

Hi, I need help identifying this little dude. I recently got this little spider and am unsure of the gender. I keep calling the spider Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen (Smitty for short), but I don’t know if this is an appropriate name if it happens to be a female. I haven’t had this little fella for long so I am also unsure of its gender. If anyone has any information that would be awesome. Smitty is from Central Coast CA. Thanks!

We just got home from baseball and when I went to water her I noticed she’s missing a ton of legs and her pedipalps?! There’s nothing in her enclosure she could have gotten tangled on except maybe the webbing but that’s glued down tightly and I didn’t see her legs there…More concerning, is this ab separation?! I’m freaking out. Please tell me it’s just how she’s pulling herself along now that she’s missing her freaking legs?! wtf my kid is going to be devastatedddd in the am 😭 Is there anything I can do aside from moving her to smaller enclosure, which I did immediately?? TIA.

ETA: I’m pretty sure she was going into premolt (based on previous behavior) so she hadn’t been out of her hammock in about a week and hasn’t eaten since that time.

I live in New Mexico, and I found this jumper next to my door and he looks pretty crazy does anyone know what type it is?

hi all, i recently (a few days ago) aquired a very small jumping spider and i was hoping that someone may know what species they are!

i work at a grocery store and found this lil guy in the blossom end of a pomegranate when sorting out the icky ones! they have been aptly named Pom as suggested by a friend/coworker, and sofar seem to be doing okay! they've constructed a lil web nest in the top corner of the enclosure i set up for them (maybe molting?? they havent moved From the webbing but they do move In it), but i have some food ready for them when they feel like emerging from there and exploring/eating.

anyways im in southern ontario (canada), but the pomegranate that Pom was found in was grown in california, so its possible they hitched a ride where the fruit was grown instead of the warehouse a few hours from where i live.

TIA! xx

LOCATION(s): found in Southern Ontario, Canada; possibly from around Reedly, California

Dear all,

I am new here because I recently played with the idea of having a jumping spider.🕷️ I am not jumping into action (lol) immediately because I want to know that I am a good pet owner. I just wonder if there's someone that could help me on my first steps.

My main questions are:

-Life span: I see everywhere F3, F7, etc. but I can't find what it means. I am guessin F3 would be a quite young spider but, does anyone have recommendations or information about this? I also saw a website selling them from F3 to F7, would that be too old? Thank you!

-Breeder: Where to get a jumping spider that comes from a good breeder? I live in The Netherlands and I saw 2 websites that seem to have quite a variety of them (Avonturia, Tropical Jumping Spiders and Mierenboerderij). The last website has also a YouTube channel and seems very professional.

-Travel: How is it to travel with them? My family lives in Spain so I go there every half a year. I am thinking about having a secondary home terrarium at my parent's place or even bringing his/her home while carrying the spider in a smaller container just for security reasons.

-Food/feeding: How to get at least 2 types of food and is it a real problem the fact that flies (fruit or other types) fly and can escape from the container to your own home? I really wouldn't like if that would happen xD I guess if I place them in the fridge for an hour or less before feeding my spider they will be kind of dormant. Feeding is an 'issue' that I might feel insecure about I think.

Any other tips would be great, I am actually really looking forward to create a super cute home for my spider and have a little company 😍💜 Thank youuuu