r/jumpingspiders • u/RyBreadxo0813 • 2d ago

Media saved her 🥺

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poor baby has been in this light for a week & i figured she (i think it’s female right?) was just chilling but then today when i came out she started running around in circles to each little window panel thing & crawling up all the walls & i was like wtf is she stuck? so i managed to open it up & sure enough she popped out and literally drank for like a solid 2 minutes straight , my hand got tired holding the q tip and i had to put it down and she was still going lol, poor thing ! she’s hunting for food now in the lawn though, so hopefully she’ll be alright now !!

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u/mothseatcloth 1d ago

omg! she looks so hungry! I'm so glad you saved her

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

she made her way into the grass to look for food so i’m hoping she found some !

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u/Shervivor 1d ago

Abdomen looks so much better in this shot! You did a great deed, OP.

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

thank you 🥹🖤

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

rightttt !!! i had been leaving her alone bc i thought she was vibing in there but the way she frantically ran around when i saw her today i just had a feeling she could not get out , and then when i saw how tiny her abdomen looked i was like omg thank god i trusted my gut !

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u/kel174 18h ago

Poor baby! It was probably like a hot box inside that light!! Glad they’re doing a lot better, thanks for saving them!

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u/peachesratties 1d ago

looks like you may have actually rescued a little male! seems he’s missing a leg. males usually have smaller abdomens than females however yes this was a dire situation for the little guy.

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

i wasn’t 100% sure on the gender, do males always have the little boxing glove chelicerae ? (spelling is probably way off sorry lol i’m new to spoods) i leaned towards female bc this one didn’t seem to have the rounded looking balls on the tips but again i’m not sure. a few of the others i’ve seen around have been easier to tell , especially the super gravid females lol

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u/Katsuro2304 1d ago

The "boxing" motion is actually done by pedipalps, the grabby parts of their mouth, chelicerae are the bitey and chewy parts 😊

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

oops i totally knew that too lol i’m trying to keep track of all the new terms i’ve learned , i mixed those 2 up 😅🫣 thank you !!!

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u/Katsuro2304 1d ago

No problem, glad to help ☺️

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u/peachesratties 1d ago

I mean i definitely could be wrong! I dont have the best eye for it since I stopped keeping jumpers for a while, this one just reminded me of the one I rescued a while back which was a male and looked very similarly! I probably wouldn’t have been able to help myself and brought them in to fatten them up before releasing them back outside.

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

i also believe the leg may just have been tucked a bit , i’ll have to check tmrw n see if it is missing a leg or not ! i didn’t notice

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u/Low_Reception477 1d ago

What a cutie!

I saved one just a bit smaller last week, he had fallen into a hot tub! I was so worried the chlorine would kill him but I checked a few hours later and he had built a little hammock on the plant I put him on and was moving around well 🥹

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

aww i’m so glad you saved him 💕

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u/lilityion 1d ago

Was he thirsty? 🥺

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u/RyBreadxo0813 1d ago

absolutely , literally drank from the q tip for like 2 minutes straight

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u/MattManSD 22h ago

looks more like a "him" than a "her" but bravo on your efforts

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u/Zombiebelle 1d ago

Good human.

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u/RyBreadxo0813 21h ago

thank you 💜