Male Phidippus Regius- is he an adult?

[Noah Clark]

I don't have pics atm because I'm not home but I was thinking. I've seen adult male regal jumpers before and almost all of then have white on the backs of their heads and very bright and fluffy tufts of white hair on their front legs. Mine does, but it's not very brightly coloured. He has no white on the back of his head.
He has eaten to the point where his abdomen is about a millimetre wider than his head in diameter.
Can a male jumping spider have swollen pedipalps if he still has one more moult to go?
I've never seen a fat male jumper so yeah
I can provide pics later if necessary but I think I described him pretty well. He basically looks like a female phidippus audax with way less hair and a much larger head and chelicerae.

 

[Little Grey Spider]

Yes, you may notice bulbous palps in a subadult male. Pictures would be immensely helpful here.

 

[Noah Clark]

Yes, you may notice bulbous palps in a subadult male. Pictures would be immensely helpful here.

 

[Noah Clark]

Yes, you may notice bulbous palps in a subadult male. Pictures would be immensely helpful here.

also, he is kinda sluggish. As if he's digesting his food specifically for a moult. And I know Tupperware isn't best for them, but it's what I had and I am getting critter keepers today. In my ken the bug guy order I did request that the spiders be in either the penultimate instar or very young adults.

 

[Ungoliant]

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The one on your arm looks like a penultimate male. (The palps look swollen but undeveloped.)

 

[basin79]

The one on your arm looks like a penultimate male. (The palps look swollen but undeveloped.)

Agreed. 1 more moult until he's a MM by the look of him.

 

[Little Grey Spider]

Yes, he's a sub-adult male.
Thank you for the images.

 

[Noah Clark]

Yes, he's a sub adult male.
Thank you for the images.

Sorry for the late reply, but you're welcome! Thanks for your help! But I do have a question. What do the resting sacs of P regius typically look like? Every p audax sac I've seen was dense and almost white. My male regius has made a sac in which he's been in for a few days now, it's very rough and lazy looking. Is he going to moult or is this a standard resting sac?

 

[basin79]

Sorry for the late reply, but you're welcome! Thanks for your help! But I do have a question. What do the resting sacs of P regius typically look like? Every p audax sac I've seen was dense and almost white. My male regius has made a sac in which he's been in for a few days now, it's very rough and lazy looking. Is he going to moult or is this a standard resting sac?

He'll keep adding to it.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Sorry for the late reply, but you're welcome! Thanks for your help! But I do have a question. What do the resting sacs of P regius typically look like? Every p audax sac I've seen was dense and almost white. My male regius has made a sac in which he's been in for a few days now, it's very rough and lazy looking. Is he going to moult or is this a standard resting sac?

 

[Noah Clark]

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Yup! That's exactly what his looks like, thank you for the pic!

 

[Ratmosphere]

No problem! They will add more over time though.

 

[basin79]

Yup! That's exactly what his looks like, thank you for the pic!

He'll add more silk over time. I give my jumpers sling pots to make a hammock in. Stops them webbing up the top/lid.

 

[Noah Clark]

No problem! They will add more over time though.

Anything special you'd recommend to care for him while he is in his sac? Or should I just leave him alone and continue misting daily. Should I turn his enclosure lights off?

 

[Ratmosphere]

I don't use lights with my enclosures. Also, nope! Just keep misting the enclosure daily and the spider will be fine.

 

[basin79]

Anything special you'd recommend to care for him while he is in his sac? Or should I just leave him alone and continue misting daily. Should I turn his enclosure lights off?

Just leave him alone. Don't spray the web. A little spray on a surface for him to have a drink if he wants one.

 

[Noah Clark]

Just an update, he's made his nest a lot thicker and a bit wider. Doesn't look like a loosely assembled mess anymore. Can't wait for him to emerge! At this point, when can I expect him to moult?

 

[Noah Clark]

Just an update, he's made his nest a lot thicker and a bit wider. Doesn't look like a loosely assembled mess anymore. Can't wait for him to emerge! At this point, when can I expect him to moult?

Adding to that, last time he ate before becoming a couch potato was Friday, 15 september.

 

[basin79]

Adding to that, last time he ate before becoming a couch potato was Friday, 15 september.

Any day.

 

[Noah Clark]

Ok everybody
My boi has exited his sac, he is on top of it now. He hasn't moulted. But he seems to be chewing on/biting the sac
Wtf he do