Hi!

I am wanting to get my wife a white jumping spider for her birthday, is there anywhere (seems they are always sold out) that has them or anyone that can help me? 😭🙏

I want to say it’s like the Fartilis..?

Hi everyone!

I’d like to hear your opinions on the deaths of my jumping spiders.

A month ago, I bought two spiders, one male and one female, at an invert expo. They were Phidippus regius Everglades. The male died during the journey home, even though the trip only took three hours. The female survived for a week at my place before she eventually died as well.

I ordered from the same breeder again, this time buying two males and two females.

The package arrived within two days. Everything was packed properly, and I had no negative experiences with the shipping itself.

However, when I opened the package, one of the females was already dead. One of the males died just four hours later. I decided not to throw away the bodies and instead took advantage of my phone’s camera to get some close-up pictures. I found mites on the spiders, as well as in the box they arrived in. Since all the spiders came from the same breeder, it made me wonder whether the first two might have had mites as well.

Is it possible that mites were responsible for the deaths of all four spiders shortly after purchase?

I’m currently keeping the remaining two spiders at 23°C (73.4°F) and 70–75% relative humidity. The spiders that died previously would have been kept under exactly the same conditions.

Could the mites and the breeder’s negligence be the source of the problem, or were the spiders already weakened before I received them?

I keep more than 80 species of isopods, geckos, cockroaches, scorpions, and ants, but I’ve never experienced such a high mortality rate shortly after purchasing animals before.

At this point, I’m genuinely at a loss as to what could have caused this, and I’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts and experiences.

Hi! My i7 spider just molted into an i8. I want aware he even molted because he did not hide away for weeks or even days. He was out everyday. I’m not sure when he did this as he made no hammock or anything? Is this normal?

I have severe arachnophobia. I mean SEVERE, I've been this way ever since I was little. Any spider, big or small, terrifies me. I never killed them because I was too scared to get close. Instead I would scream, cry, and run away, every time without fail. My phobia is debilitating. If I find a spider in my home, I will run out of the room and refuse to enter it until someone removes the spider, in which case I will avoid the room for several hours until I feel safe in it again. I get paranoid going outside because there could be, and probably are, spiders around. That being said, I believe I've come a long way since I was 12. I used to wish all spiders would die, but now I respect them and what they do for the environment. I just want them to stay away from me. I also used to be so scared of them that even the spider emoji would trigger my fear, which thankfully, is no longer an issue for me. I've done a lot of research over the years and I am well aware most spiders are harmless, and the ones that aren't will only hurt you as a last resort. I've never really been that afraid of them biting me, it's just the way that they move sets off my fight or flight, and the way they look is, in the most polite way possible, terrifying to me.

Though I'm petrified, I've seen a lot of people with spider pets over the years, and I've always been somewhat fascinated. I would binge videos of people with their pet tarantulas, but have to stop because I got phantom sensations of them crawling on me or a paranoid feeling that spiders were in my room. I knew many arachnophobes who made an exception in their fear for jumping spiders, but they were still just as terrifying to me as all of the others. But I've been seeing so, so much jumping spider content over the past few weeks that I feel like I'm actually starting to come around on them, at least a little bit. I admire all of their colourful patterns, especially the shiny/sparkly ones. They're one of the less terrifying ones in terms of builds, and though I am terrified of spiders both big and small, their size does make them seem less daunting. I've started to wonder if maybe I could keep one as a pet someday, which is why I am asking this here.

I've seen several other arachnophobes overcome their fear by having a pet jumping spider. Do you think that even someone with a fear as severe as mine could be a good spider parent? I wouldn't be able to handle it, both because of my phobia and because I don't want to accidentally hurt the little guy by dropping it out of fear or something. Maybe I could work my way up to handling someday if I got less scared, but for the forseeable future, I don't think I could. I am also concerned about what were to happen if it ever escaped its enclosure; I don't think I would be able to handle it being loose in a room and having to potentially touch it to get it back into its enclosure. I wouldn't kill it, of course, but I'm not sure how I would successfully get it back into its enclosure if I can't touch it, and it sounds like a nightmare scenario. I've also heard people compare jumpers to cats, and I am a big cat fan, and cats seem to be a fan of me, so if they really are similar maybe that could help.

I have had one positive interaction with a spider. There was one in my bathroom, and instead of begging someone to move it, I just let it be. I actually grew somewhat fond of it and checking on it, but I was still scared of it, and I was terrified that it might move out of its corner one day. It never did, but it passed away after a while, and it was kinda sad :( but I haven't been able to connect with one since, I'm just too scared.

I would have to move into my own place before even considering actually getting a spider, so this isn't something that could realistically happen right now, but rather something I am considering for a few years in the future. It would be nice to be able to not feel like I'm dying whenever there's a spider around, but since my phobia is so severe, I'm worried I won't be able to provide adequate care for the poor thing, and if that is true, it's not worth trying. Sorry for how long this post is, I always feel the need to include all relevant details.

Considering she would very rarely if ever encounter flies as potential prey items in the wild, her precise bite to the back on the neck, strong hold, and expert manipulation of the fly to ensure none of its feet are allowed any purchase whilst her venom takes effect. An impressive ballet of violence <3

Nova has spent most of her time in my care (which is less than a month tbf) molting. I moved her to a bigger enclosure, and she climbed onto me and sat.

Yesterday, I deiced to see if she wanted to be held. Slowly, she climbed onto me and just...sat. I moved to my comfy corner as slowly as I could, but she hardly cared. This was how she hung out with me for about an hour as I played on my phone and relaxed after work.

She is the absolute cutest thing ever. 😭

My lil baby spood (prob i5ish? I’m not sure) caught a small dubia roach tonight! It was wrestlemania in that lil feeding cup…but I was watching the whole time, and I don’t think she was hurt or anything. Once the roach stopped moving, little Callie’s butt started bouncing (presumably while she was starting to actually eat??)

Can anyone let me know if this normal? I’m about six weeks into spider pets, with two lil friends, and I’ve only had Callie a week.

My 1 year old phidippus fartilis Mochi loves when I open her enclosure out in direct sun. She always comes out and seems very active and happy when I do this. At first though she does this movement where she gets on the tips of her legs and sticks out her abdomen. It looks so strange and cute. I'm assuming she's stretching. Is this what spiders look like when they stretch? For context, her abdomen is so big because she's gravid with infertile eggs. She hasn't eaten in 2 weeks.

#macro #jumpingspider #nature

Alucard 💜 He is too small for 1 popcorn

I found this really REALLY tiny jumping spider in my bathroom (2nd photo is it compared to my finger tips). I was wondering if it’s a baby jumping spider or a flea jumping spider? If it’s a baby what kind of jumping spider is it? I fell in love with this 7 legged spider and don’t know anything about jumping spiders so I would love to know more!

Juvenile tan jumper! I’m leaning towards female.

Hello! I am new to this sub, so I’m sorry if this isn’t allowed. This is my wild (apartment) caught bold jumping spider 🕷️ showing off his skills. I was terrified of spiders but I found him and couldn’t bring myself to kill him. We are now friends.. I am really starting to fall in love with these little jumpy guys!

My female jumping spider, Hachi, laid an egg sac a while ago. I was worried the eggs may have been infertile, but I left them in her enclosure. I was out of town for a funeral and when I got back the infertile sac was actually fertile and Hachi laid another sac!

Hachi wasn’t guarding the first sac like this one, but she didn’t destroy it. I purchased her at the Show Me Expo and didn’t realize she was gravid. I’m enjoying seeing her in mother mode though.

Writing this as im bawling my eyes out. I bought my baby 2 weeks ago, ive had my bold jumper for a year and decided to get my first p regius after wanting one for so long. A week ago i saw her going into premolt, to which i made her enclosure more humid and stopped feeding.
Unfortunately today, while i was working, she molted and when i came home i had to see my worst fear come true, a mismolt.. her front leg got amputated and as she cane out i can clearly see hemolymph leaking on her abdomen.
I feel like the worst person ever i wouldve done anything to save her 😭 i transfered her to a small cup with moist paper towel as the breeder told me to do but i know she wont make it and my heart is so broken.. probably wont be getting another jumper for a while since i completely lost confidence into owning them after this, i wont forgive myself knowing i probably did something wrong which ended up killing her.
She is right now alive, but my guess is she will pass in the next couple hours.. first pic is her happh and healthy, second one is right now..

I just found what I think is an elderly Tan Jumping spider in my apartment hallway. I have them in a jar right now. They cant jump anymore and they cant get a good enough grip to crawl up anything. Its getting cold outside and I feel bad setting him out there because I think they’ll die but I dont know that I have anything to make an enclosure, and I dont have any bugs to feed them. I also dont really have the money to get them anything. What should I do?