regal jumping spider!

[fangsalot]

ok fellas,,i got this spider thru the mail yesterday..man is this thing small!!!!what the hell do i feed this thing??i cant even compare the the size of it to anything,,uumm maybe a,,,single cell organism!:} what do i feed it?fruit flies are bigget than it!:? oh well,hope somebody has an idea.thnx again.

 

[Scorpendra]

i'm going out on a limb and saying that it'll do just fine on the bacteria in whatever it's in!

 

[beetleman]

i keep alot of jumpers,even raised the little babies,yeah they are small but you would be surprized the prey they can handle, fruitflies are fine that's what i fed the babies,then pinheads as they grew,plus the fruitflies can't hurt the baby jumpers so you can leave a few at a time in it's container,hope this helps and good luck! jumpers rule! the regals get pretty big,i have 4 that i caught in north fla. they are about 1" and alittle bigger! the biggest jumpers ive ever seen they are awesome

 

[Tony]

I would love to see one on say, a quarter, for scale reference..
how come people say how big they get and never post a referenced pic?
Tony

 

[liveprey]

I would love to see one on say, a quarter, for scale reference..

Phidippus regius
This is the best I can do right now as they are still tiny babies. The smaller of the 2 pictures shows .25" scale. As they grow I'll post more pictures.

 

[Tony]

Whew
And yes please keep us updated!
T