Collecting Jumpers

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AliciaMarie

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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the board and to owning spiders. I have always loved jumpers and I recently adopted a couple of young P. regius. I am sure I will learn a plethora from this forum. I was wondering though, do people collect and breed jumpers like they do tarantulas? Are there many species in the hobby? If so, can anyone direct me to a reputable breeder? Thanks guys and have a great day!!
 
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BenLeeKing

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AliciaMarie said:
Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the board and to owning spiders. I have always loved jumpers and I recently adopted a couple of young P. regius. I am sure I will learn a plethora from this forum. I was wondering though, do people collect and breed jumpers like they do tarantulas? Are there many species in the hobby? If so, can anyone direct me to a reputable breeder? Thanks guys and have a great day!!
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There’s definitely a community for it, they are mostly concentrated on Facebook group “US jumping spider enthusiasts”, they have a tagged post of different keepers.
P. regius, otiosus & audax are the ones commonly kept, but you have people who also have some of the rarer Phidippus species, even Paraphidippus sp. and exotic ones like Hyllus sp.
 
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AliciaMarie

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Thank you so much BenLeeKing! Unfortunately, I don't use Facebook but I may try to check it out. It blows my mind that with over 600 genera, there isn't more of a variety in the hobby. They are such lovely, intelligent and interesting little things.
 
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BenLeeKing

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AliciaMarie said:
Thank you so much BenLeeKing! Unfortunately, I don't use Facebook but I may try to check it out. It blows my mind that with over 600 genera, there isn't more of a variety in the hobby. They are such lovely, intelligent and interesting little things.
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Probably cause of 2 reasons:
- Relatively short lived compared to tarantulas.
- Many are small sized, so that is why the most commonly kept genera are Phidippus & Hyllus due to their large size.
Imagine having a spider that is already the size of a rice grain as an adult, and you feed it fruit flies. What are you going to feed its slings?
 
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