Need ID on jumper

[dtknow]

Ok, here's the female that laid the eggs for me. The spiderlings are now visible crawling around inside so I removed them from the female.

After being out of food for so long she seemed very hungry.

Any ideas on idea of this red/black jumper(female) would be most helpful

 

[Bayushi]

that poor cellar spider never had a chance....
Nice looking jumper BTW

 

[orcrist]

I recall seeing this exact species in that useful little "spiders and their kin book." The book's at my mom's so I should be able to tell you on monday. BTW, do I see green on those chelcirae? If so, it's probably a well known species on here... I forget what it's called though.

 

[Dark Raptor]

This one looks almost like european Philaeus chrysops, but I'm rather sure that it is not that specie.

 

[cacoseraph]

Salticidae family, Phidippus sp. maybe?

i catch something very similar in southern California

 

[cryptly]

Phidippus johnsoni?

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/spi_phidippus_johnsoni.html

 

[CedrikG]

poor little cellar spider

 

[dtknow]

This girl was caught in CA(Central Valley). Phidippus johnsoni does indeed look like this girl, but I've never seen anything resembling that male!

It was definetly one sided for that jumper.

 

[dtknow]

Also, does anyone have any exp. with raising baby jumpers? So far everyone is staying inside what is left of the eggsack. They have pretty large bodies for their size but can walk around. How can I tell they will be ready for food?

 

[cacoseraph]

Also, does anyone have any exp. with raising baby jumpers? So far everyone is staying inside what is left of the eggsack. They have pretty large bodies for their size but can walk around. How can I tell they will be ready for food?

i have a baby that i am raising from a captive hatched sack.

they didn't seem to eat for a couple weeks.

they will start eating each other when they get hungry... once you see that throw some drosphila or something in there.

i tried to feed aphids to mine, but the spiders seemed rather non-plussed... but then again, i might have tried to feed them too soon

they will leave the mom's house after a couple weeks. that's when about half of mine escaped... incidentily they can climb out of holes burned into plastic with a medium/large paper clip... just for the record =P

 

[dtknow]

I managed to coax some of the rather precocious little things out of the eggsac but they apparently weren't quite ready for that. They've built retreats on the rim of the container very close and on each other. Certainly not eating yet. A fe more still chilling in the sac I decided not to touch since it seems letting them out early only burned some energy by having them run around for some time.

Meanwhile it appears the female is getting ready to lay yet another eggsac. Dunno what I'm going to do with all these little guys.

 

[Kugellager]

My guess would have to be Phidippus pulcherrimus...but I am not sure hteir range extends that far west. The one in the link below was found in Gainesville, FL. If P.johnsoni is found in your area it is more likely.

http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Phidippus pulcherrimus

John
];')