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I currently have 5 females and 2 males. All of the females have mated, but I'm still waiting on the first one to produce an eggsac.

Phidippus apacheanus This is one of my red velvet jumpers (P. apacheanus) that I shared on my phids.net facebook page on Thanksgiving. This is an adult female from central Florida.

---------- Post added 12-01-2014 at 08:23 AM ---------- If you are in New York, it was not a regal jumper that you found. If it's black and white, it's a bold jumper (Phidippus audax). If it isn't eating, it isn't due to the container size. As Snark said, it may be an old jumper.

Very cool. I love the lycosid picture too.

Now that it's mature, images of the dorsum and venter should allow us to make a conclusive identification. As we all know, color patterns can change significantly with each molt. When I said that about the epigynum pics, I was making a bit of a joke but was serious about wanting to see the...

Whoever told you P. tyrrelli must really be into Phids. Since these mature in the summer, your female P. tyrrelli is surely an adult now. Let's see those epigynum pics!

This is a Phidippus otiosus male and female. These are the orange variety from Central Florida.

This is a Phidippus otiosus male and female. These are the orange variety from Central Florida.

Juveniles will continue to eat until they become plump. If food is plentiful, they will molt every three to four weeks. This one will probably molt soon.

Your Phidippus regius will most likely make its sac at the top along the mesh, so you will tear it when you remove the mesh. Upside down plastic containers work the best. With plastic, you can drill holes into it to provide ventilation, and with the opening being at the bottom, you won't destroy...

Ditto Fantastic resolution for such tiny spiderlings. 1.5mm body length is tiny. It's similar to the size of a second instar Phidippus spiderling. Great job!

Phidippus species P. audax isn't one of the common species of Phidippus in Tampa. P. regius and P. otiosus are the two common species of Phidippus in Hillsborough County. It sounds like you have a female P. regius.

Phidippus only need to mate once. It's common for P. audax to have 3 or 4 eggsacs.

After many years of wanting to have a site dedicated to jumping spiders, I finally decided to spend some money in June of 2013. I had no idea how much work was ahead of me. Over the next 9 months I worked on the site when I had a chance to do so. I finally finished it enough to publish Phids.net...

I'm fairly certain that it's a young P. audax. Juvenile P. princeps can look similar, but this one looks more like P. audax.

These are very nice pics. I scrolled down your blog page and found another set of images of the same species. I'm not familiar with this species, but it isn't P. johnsoni or P. borealis. In my opinion, it seems to fit the description of P. cryptus, but I say this cautiously since I don't have...

Very nice find. This is a female Phidippus texanus. Would you mind sharing the county and state where she was found?

This is slightly off the topic of the thread, but what Smokehound said is accurate. If you take good care of them, don't overfeed them, and don't breed them, they will live longer than typical. I recently had a female Phidippus regius die that I'd had for 3 years. She was smaller than average...

I know that this is an old thread, but it's worth commenting on. Jumping spiders are not big sellers and can't be priced very high, so most dealers don't want to waste their time on jumpers. If they do occasionally have jumpers in stock, there's a minimum order, which is usually about $100. It...

Congrats on the great day. We can all relate. I used to get those spiders at the pet store where I buy my cirickets. They would often hang out in the bins where they keep the crickets. As Smokehound said, they are cool to watch. Last winter after I dropped my boy off at pre-k, I pulled up to a...