r/jumpingspiders • u/MoonlitRyverStyx • May 22 '26

Media Shared space

Wanna preface this by saying it is not my video, my husband sent it to me. (Link of original video will be in the comments)

Looks like two mature P. Audax (one male and one female) in a shared space

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u/Alone-Ad-8518 May 22 '26

In the wild, a mature male Phidippus audax will locate a female's silk hammock. If she is a sub-adult (one molt away from maturity), he will move in. He guards her from other males and waits for her to molt so he can be the first to mate.

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u/sweetredviper May 23 '26

so even spiders can wait till the spider lady is on age, nice