Phiddipus regius / Any jumping spider help

[basin79]

Oh yeh praying mantis are my favourite insect but we dont have them here. Do you buy your animals food and home or make and catch them?

I live in England too. I buy all my pets apart from a house spider I'm keeping at the moment.

Edit.

I misunderstood your question. I buy and raise my livefood and buy enclosures for my pets.

 

[HamZ]

I live in England too. I buy all my pets apart from a house spider I'm keeping at the moment.

Edit.

I misunderstood your question. I buy and raise my livefood and buy enclosures for my pets.

you live in england thats cool i just capture all my pets and food. Tomorrow will be a sunny day for England so jumping spiders.will be everywhere

 

[basin79]

you live in england thats cool i just capture all my pets and food. Tomorrow will be a sunny day for England so jumping spiders.will be everywhere

Just be careful what you catch and where you catch the food. For example your neighbours might spray insecticide and you could catch a fly etcetera that has been affected.

What I used to do is leave doors open to let flies in. Then leave them for a few hours. If they where alive and well I'd use them.

 

[HamZ]

Just be careful what you catch and where you catch the food. For example your neighbours might spray insecticide and you could catch a fly etcetera that has been affected.

What I used to do is leave doors open to let flies in. Then leave them for a few hours. If they where alive and well I'd use them.

Oh ok thanks for the advise and a question what are the jumping spider species youve come across so far in england

 

[basin79]

Oh ok thanks for the advise and a question what are the jumping spider species youve come across so far in england

In the North West I've only ever seen the Zebra jumpers. They're quite small but beautiful.

 

[HamZ]

In the North West I've only ever seen the Zebra jumpers. They're quite small but beautiful.

here they get really big the biggest one ive seen was like 12mm or more

 

[basin79]

here they get really big the biggest one ive seen was like 12mm or more

I'd estimate the biggest I've ever seen is around 8mm.

 

[HamZ]

I'd estimate the biggest I've ever seen is around 8mm.

its a sunny day and i caught 3 jumpers all the same species but im gonna release one since it cant climb plastic surfaces even though over ones can whys that?

 

[basin79]

its a sunny day and i caught 3 jumpers all the same species but im gonna release one since it cant climb plastic surfaces even though over ones can whys that?

I'm not sure. Maybe old age?

 

[HamZ]

I'm not sure. Maybe old age?

Yeh most likely.

 

[HamZ]

How do you take care of your small juvenile jumpers?

 

[LittleGremlin]

How do you take care of your small juvenile jumpers?

I just got one, he (i believe but not 100% on) is so tiny i keep him in the vial that he arrived in, i believe as adults they need quite a lot of room to practice jumping and exercise.

I mist one side lightly every day, when i say he's small i mean it, so a water dish wouldn't be good.
I feed him fruit flies
Here's a little photo of the set up, it seems to be working well.
He makes little web pockets mostly on the little stick in there, i only recently added the almond shell because i thought it'd make a good place to pocket himself in if he wanted to and the substrate is vermiculite. (Tiny black thing on the side is him).

Regal Jumping Spider 'Phidippus Regius'

• LittleGremlin
• May 3, 2017
• 2

He arrived today, i named him Bismuth because of his iridescent chelicerae.

See previous post on how i care for mine.

 

[HamZ]

I'm not sure. Maybe old age?

you always say to release male jumpers ways that?

 

[basin79]

you always say to release male jumpers ways that?

Because all they want to do is find a mate and breed when they're adults. For better to let them if they're native.

 

[HamZ]

Because all they want to do is find a mate and breed when they're adults. For better to let them if they're native.

oh ok i asked because i just caught a male zebra spider he was pretty big aswell but i released him just now