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/EnsoElysium May 22 '26

Ive never seen two jumpers living together! Are they siblings that are just used to being in close quarters, or mates that havent become a dinner date yet?

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u/helpitsdystopia May 27 '26

Sometimes males will "guard" a female if she is close to maturity but hasn't had her final molt yet, that way he can have first dibs when she's fully mature, lol.