Jumping Spiders

[Ebrolet]

Is there a market for jumping spiders? As in available to purchase from hobbiest etc. I've always seen Tarantulas, very venemous spiders, and scorpions, but never jumping spiders. Turns out I'm allergic to tarantulas, and ever since I was a little girl I loves to watch the jumping spiders doing their thing. I've been hunting the internet but i don't see much about people keeping them, if any of the species is bigger then the head of a nail, or what species reside in the north east of the U.S.
Any information would be great, even if it's just little tidbits about the little guys themselves! Thanks so much!

 

[patrickbull]

I have seen hobbyist offer up p. audax for very reasonable prices on the classifieds. I have those and another species my area. Audax does get bigger than a nail head. If your interested I can do some collecting for you. Just shoot me a pm. I really enjoy watching them hunt. They are extremely visual. They do warning displays with their front legs. They enjoy mini arboreal type enclosures. Mine enjoy wood crevices and plants in the cage.

 

[John Koerner]

Is there a market for jumping spiders? As in available to purchase from hobbiest etc. I've always seen Tarantulas, very venemous spiders, and scorpions, but never jumping spiders. Turns out I'm allergic to tarantulas, and ever since I was a little girl I loves to watch the jumping spiders doing their thing. I've been hunting the internet but i don't see much about people keeping them, if any of the species is bigger then the head of a nail, or what species reside in the north east of the U.S.
Any information would be great, even if it's just little tidbits about the little guys themselves! Thanks so much!

I offer a wide variety of jumpers, crab spiders, lynxes, wolf spiders, etc.

Unlike Tarantulas, jumpers don't live a long time. They are more like praying mantids ... in that they come and go inside a year ... and you can rear them just the same.

They make fantastic photography subjects and are quite enoyable to watch, striking "human-like" poses and comical expressions. Jumpers need to be fed a bit more frequently than tarantulas, at least every other day.

Jack


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[Ebrolet]

Thanks guys, for the replies. I've no idea what type of cage would be ideal for keeping these little guys - without fear of them slipping out a crack! I've no idea if heating is needed, or misting etc.
There is one jumping Spider I see a lot in connecticut USA, it's rather large, maybe the size of a nickel, and it's striped with black and white, but for the life of me I have yet to figure out what it is. There's also a large, fat black one (currently hiding out in my kitchen) that I can't classify. Both are of the hairier type, and both are the largest I've yet to see. I'd love to get ahold of one of these to keep! I'll try to get a decent photo of them.
I'm also wondering what type of food would be needed, wingless fruit flies, something along those lines?
I'm just so in the dark about the lives of jumping spiders, but I've always had a love for them!

 

[Rellok1]

Hi

In the moment i have slings from (from/of i don't know) Phidippus regius, they frome Florida. Whitch jumping Spiders are living in the north i don't know.

Max

 

[RodG]

You can try Todd Gearheart. He typically can get a wide variety of true spider species, including jumping spiders, for a reasonable price.

 

[Curious jay]

Did it look anything like this http://www.uksafari.com/zebraspiders.htm ? Pretty interesting little things see them a lot in the summer.

If not there's a lot of species here (think mainly European but may share some with USA?) http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Spiders/Salticidae/Salticidae.htm