help 5mm jumping spider feeding

[ghost_tomb]

Hi all i've caught a 5mm long jumping spider, its the british variety, zebra striped also called money spiders.


the problem is its not eating anything, though i've only tryed fruit flys (3mm)
and its not eating them. should i feed it bigger food?
How big could it get?

i'll post pics when i can

thanks all

 

[8 leg wonder]

Mabey you should try pinhead crickets

 

[ghost_tomb]

maybe i'll try that, he seems to have eatten one of the fruit flys so i may be ok

 

[Invert Nerd]

ive noticed that my P. Audax (bold jumpers) wont even look twice at something that wasnt at least there own size. i feed my big females full grown crix, and they take em down pretty easily. jumpers are by far my favorite true spider

 

[ghost_tomb]

cheers i'll give it something bigger, i've heard of jumpers not looking twice at things of certain sizes.

 

[Lucretia]

Money spiders belong to the family Linyphiidae while jumping spiders belong to the family Salticidae...they are not the same thing.

 

[ghost_tomb]

ah, well whats the difference between them?

i know for a fact thta i've got a Zebra jumper, so whats a money spider?


cheers

 

[Invert Nerd]

sorry for my bad post. i will be shooting myself in the head later this evening if it pleases you. lol wheres the love?

 

[ghost_tomb]

why will u be shooting yourself in the head? :?

 

[Malhavoc's]

Ifi ts still not eating try pre killed. they wil lsomtimes scavange.. It should get it through a few motls till it starts hunting