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Couldn't resist one more picture. Phin looking around.

Phin hiding in her tiny home.

Thanks for taking an interest in my spider friend (Phin) (as in star wars but spelled with a ph because she is a phiddipus). She isn't so bold as the name implys, hiding most of the time inside the house when I approach. I did see one other jumping spider in my backyard a week or so ago. It...

Almost 3 weeks later my spider friend emerged from the little house. She now has a white spot on her abdomen. Stripes on her legs and her chelicerae are more green. So happy she is fine. Fed her a house fly. She is a phidippus audax. And molting took 20 days. Or at least she was in that...

I can see what could be a leg exoskeleton. Or remnents of a past meal. Any ideas?

Well I will try to be patient with my little friend then. She is wild and not enclosed (this is in a planter on a table in my backyard) Wouldn't that be fun with 200 babies crawling out? If that happens I have got to hope it won't be when we have company over. I'm not sure even if it is a...

Hi. I have a jumping spider, I'm pretty sure he/she is a phidippus audax. She went inside that little house 8 days ago and I can see some web hammock in the doorway. Could she be laying eggs in there? Or perhaps molting? I had fed her 3 house flies over the previous week. (Just after I...

Hi. I also have a jumping spider, I think he/she is a phidippus audax. She went inside that little house 8 days ago and I can see some web hammock in the doorway. Could she be laying eggs in there? Or perhaps molting? I had fed her 3 house flies over the previous week. (Just after I...