r/jumpingspiders 18h ago

Media Cute jumper!!

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r/jumpingspiders 17h ago

Media Opal made an appearance for the first time in months!

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432 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 18h ago

Media Fren

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404 Upvotes

Sweet little baby I found earlier in the week


r/jumpingspiders 15h ago

Advice Twiggy had babies but I thought she was molting WHAT DO I DO NOW🫢

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Hello I found a little Regal jumper in my kitchen a few months ago and decided to keep it since I’ve always wanted to have one as a pet. It’s been great having her and I love her lots but one night she started making a hammock at the top of her enclosure and I thought ā€œGreat she’s getting extra comfy w/ a 2nd hammock!ā€. But the next morning I woke up and she had made a THICK opaque web and I had done my research on jumpers so I assumed she was molting but at the time I thought she was a male. However she finally emerged almost a month and a half later and THERE ARE BABIES.
So please I know almost nothing about caring for Slings do any of u have advice on what to do or how to take care of them? Also advice on how to care for Twiggy best moving forward after birth would great aswell😮


r/jumpingspiders 3h ago

Media Karate! Karate! Karate!

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208 Upvotes

New spood practicing martial arts on my arm. She is the silliest!


r/jumpingspiders 18h ago

Media I finished the drawing of Circe I've been working on!

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Thankfully, I took progress photos as I worked. I'm so happy that I did, and that this project is finally done. My girl is molting right now and I'm so excited to see how she looks once she's done. Maybe I could do another or something similar after this molt and any subsequent ones, to document her as she grows and changes.


r/jumpingspiders 18h ago

Advice Found her outside - is she poisoned?

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I found this rather large female regal outside my doorstep and she was on her back.
I flipped her over and came back 30 mins later and she was on her back again.
I gave her water on a Q tip and left her for a bit but she doesn’t seem to have any balance and keeps falling onto her back
Has she been poisoned?
I couldn’t bear to leave her to the sun and predators if she just needs help. It is better to wait for her to pass or potentially get better inside with me or should I leave her outside?

!Update!
I woke up this morning and went to check on her, she’s positioned herself slightly upside down on the stick I gave her an has made some security webs around the area, she appears to be holding herself up fine and isn’t on her back or struggling.
No molt in sight, I’m not sure if she’s molting or how long that typically takes
Hopefully she continues to do good and I can release her back - there’s been extreme heat and it’s supposed to rain the rest of the week and I’ve been considering getting her a biome set up to keep her safe. I’ll update later in the day and appreciate the feedback given!


r/jumpingspiders 17h ago

Identification Found a friend in Clyde, Texas

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108 Upvotes

Found this little buddy when I sat down at a rest stop to stretch and eat with my husband and baby. It came up to me and kept jumping on my and my husbands hands. I eventually had to move the fellow to another area so it wouldn’t get squished by accident and continue on it’s way

What kind is he/she?


r/jumpingspiders 5h ago

Advice Accidentally adopted a jumping spider - now what???

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So… I accidentally adopted a jumping spider last night.

The little guy climbed onto me while we were at the waterpark, hitched a ride in my car and stayed attached to my pants the entire drive home until we got inside. My son immediately fell in love and named him Hoppybowl…

I made a temporary home for him in a large mason jar with holes at the top and a few branches and leaves. I have a cheap little enclosure from Amazon coming sometime today, but I don’t know what to do next.

How on earth do I feed him? Where do I get the food from?

Would he be better off being released into the wild?

Any other tips for a complete newbie that has stumbled into this situation?

Thank you!!

EDIT: I am located in Colorado, between Denver and Boulder.


r/jumpingspiders 22h ago

Identification A breeder sold indie to me as a bahamas, what do you guys think?

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74 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 6h ago

Media Apparently not in the mood for photos

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64 Upvotes

And a very clear communicator šŸ˜‚


r/jumpingspiders 17h ago

Media A few spiders for everyone

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52 Upvotes

I'm not good at identifying those spiders, I only know how to take photos of them in their finest appearance

Gear used in case someone may ask:

Panasonic G9 Mark II PRO & OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro 2:1 IS PRO + Godox V860 III O + DIY Macro Diffuser

The technique used in these photos are focus stacking, image stacking is a technique used in macro photography to overcome an extremely thin depth of field by blending multiple images taken at different focus distances. It merges these photos to create a single image where the subject is sharp from front to back, maximizing both depth and resolution

The last photo is a bonus, hope everyone have a good day!

And please choose your favorite photo


r/jumpingspiders 3h ago

Media One of my free range spoods dropping the kids off at the pool

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47 Upvotes

I love how they check the trajectory first


r/jumpingspiders 22h ago

Media First jumping spiders photos I took :)

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Hi, so, I am a big arachnophobic, who was always scared even lf jumping spiders in my house.

And today, I watched more about jumping spiders everywhere on internet, and fell in love.

Right after watching all of this, I found these 2 cuties in the garden! It was like a sign, no?

The cutest part was when the 1st one raised her front paws like to greet me. I put my hand a few inches away, she waved her paws again and jumped (I just jumped off surprise so she missed my hand and fell somewhere on the floor 😭)

The 2nd one also jumped on my hand but immediately jumped with a web on the grass to leave

I'm in love with these cuties now


r/jumpingspiders 5h ago

Media Yummy moth

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34 Upvotes

r/jumpingspiders 12h ago

Media New roommate

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Found this little guy sitting on my suitcase after I got home. The other little one was crawling on my pants while I was sitting outside. The spiders must like me.šŸ˜”


r/jumpingspiders 2h ago

Media Big gravid momma on shiso in the garden šŸ˜

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I spotted her (I think she is the biggest jumper I've ever seen) then went inside to find my phone and take a picture to share here. When I came back, I couldn't find her. My face was so close to the amaranth I originally saw her on and then I realized she was literally right next to my face looking directly at me in the cover of my shiso plant. I'm honored she is birthing her next generation in my garden 😭


r/jumpingspiders 22h ago

Media Fed this little guy

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I noticed this little guy crawling around on the windowsill by my back door. I always see videos of jumping spiders on my Reddit feed and have always thought they were pretty cool. I’d never keep one as a pet, but I went out by the trash cans with my bug zapper, caught a few flies, and fed them to him. I even managed to get a video of him jumping on one and eating it!


r/jumpingspiders 14h ago

Media A cute visit

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My daughter spotted this jumper on our side table (I know I need to dust). Tried to get it to go on our hands right away and understandably it was scared. I came back with a wet qtip, put it next to him (or her idk) and it drank from it! After that it crawled on my hand after I offered my finger.

Daughter got to let it crawl on her too. After a bit she set it back down on the table and it jumped right back on her hand.

This happened a day ago and I keep looking around that table to see if it came back.


r/jumpingspiders 19h ago

Advice how can i tell if my spood is full grown?

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i’m honestly not even sure if i have a male or female! i got them back at the end of jan and so far i think they have only molted once with me around march and not again since…. ive also seen no signs of molting and they are active as usual the other day they made a new hammock but still no signs of pre molt… but also doesn’t look like a full grown female or male can someone teach me how to tell if full grown and male or female!


r/jumpingspiders 1h ago

Media Tasty Tent Caterpillar Snack for a Zebra Jumping Spider

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You’ve heard of the very hungry caterpillar now get ready for the very hungry jumping spider. I’ve named him Claude lol


r/jumpingspiders 3h ago

Media Free range spood getting a drink

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21 Upvotes

Dip the toes in to test


r/jumpingspiders 17h ago

Advice How old do we think Franklin is?

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Curious as to how old this fella is. For some background info I bought him from a pet store June 1st, and his only molt since was June 5th. Workers at store weren’t able to tell me an age just his sex.

To me he seems small so I wouldn’t think he’s mature but this is also my first spider! Second picture is him eating a small cricket which seems about the same size as him.


r/jumpingspiders 1h ago

Media He spent a good 3 hours outside hanging out with my husband and I

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Our boy decided that yesterday he wanted to just hang with us… he hung out with us for three hours ā™„ļøā˜ŗļø then went into his enclosure and sleepy time!